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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

The thing is that the current trade market is built around a carefully planned and organized supply chain that took decades to assemble. From factories to shipping, even in a best case scenario, it would take at least 10 years to create a fully domestic supply chain, as Trump dreams it.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

When Elon Musk says he feels Democrats are an existential threat to the country and humanity, what he is actually feeling is that Democrats are an existential threat to his companies and thus fortune. It would be politically insane for any Democrat in the future to work with SpaceX or Tesla.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

He knows this. Thus the only viable path forward at this juncture is to ensure that Democrats never win elections again, by whatever means necessary.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

The issue for Musk's companies is that he has aligned himself so deep with Trump, it will be impossible for any subsequent Democrat-led government to work with either Tesla or SpaceX on any government contracts. The huge majority of SpaceX contracts are with the government, from NASA or the DOD.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Pretty sure all these companies keep all the data you tell them to delete. The “delete all my data” button is like the “close door” button in an elevator: It’s there as a placebo.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

These people are like far right Fox News hosts. One is forced out and another worse one takes their place.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Given how Musk has aligned himself with a faction that is actively hostile towards Canada, it more than makes sense for them to pursue EVs with Tesla’s only credible competitor.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

…and tell yourself “I miss Zoom…”

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

This is just the tip of the iceberg. There are hundreds of screwups happening on a daily basis we’ll never hear about.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The battles were expertly staged and depicted. Can’t say the same about the rest…

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Meanwhile they freak out when a canada threatens to cut electricity New York depends on

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I’d argue it also adds a different kind of artistry and strategy.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

This is the party the Democrats should become.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Correction: Great Recession, not Depression. 🫣

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The Tea Party saw the gradual purge replacement of establishment GOP congress members (Reaganites) with the overtly racist and generally wackjob MAGA conservatives that are in Congress today. Today we are beginning to see calls to purge of neoliberal Dems (Clintonites) that will reshape the party.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

What we are seeing now is a shift in the Democratic Party similar in fervor to the rise of the Tea Party in 2010. Back then the GOP base felt lost and betrayed after the disaster GW Bush wrought with the Iraq War and Great Depression. It led to the reform of the party which culminated led to MAGA.

nbcnews.com

Democratic Party hits new polling low, while its voters want to fight Trump harder

Unlike in Trump’s first term, Democratic voters say 2-to-1 they want party leaders to fight rather than compromise, even at the risk of not getting things done, per the NBC News poll.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Well… survey conducted around the Statue of Liberty’s 100th anniversary in 1986 found that only about 2% of Americans knew the statue was of French origin. Likely even lower today given the decline of education quality across the US. Source below.

wonders-of-the-world.net

Anecdotes about the Statue of Liberty

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

This is a big issue with furthering both progressive views and spreading truth over lies. According to a study in 2023, only 22% of Americans pay for newspaper outlets. Consider that that number is probably lower today as affordability has decreased significantly in the past 2 years.

inma.org

New data: How many consumers are willing to pay for online news?

Research from Oxford’s Reuters Institute shows news publishers have the opportunity to triple today’s digital subscriptions.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Sadly, majority of the voting population has an ability to ignore things like mass school shootings. I don’t have much hope stories like these would sway voters.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

The more they push against it, the bigger the protests will get.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

When you name your whole line of cars to say “S 3 X Y” and follow it up with this picture.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Ah… that timeline where Hillary doesn’t run in 2016 and Bernie beats Trump in a landslide…

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

We must vote Schum out and get rid of the neolibs. Time for a new generation of Dems.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Hey Liz, prices are high because of zoning and rich people buying all the inventory so they can rent it to everyone else. There are enough homes, but most are owned by the 1%. You build those 3 million new homes and landlords will buy 2.5 million of them.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

This bimbo is the reincarnation of Baghdad Bob.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

What I wanna see is a podcast with Bannon and Bernie.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

You can’t spin your way out of that one.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

This one’s gonna be pretty simple. Unlike increases in the price of goods, which are uneven and complicate to trace down a supply chain, the results of cutting Social Security are pretty straightforward and visible. Social Security = Checks in the mail. No Social Security = No checks in the mail.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I just had a brief stroll over at X and holy shit. The misinformation and propaganda is rampant. It’s like if Fox News and RT had a social platform. More disturbing still are the replies to posts. It’s a cacophony of MAGAtards, bots, AI slop and e-girl porn.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

This is a holocaust of the unseen.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Most of the MAGA base have zero investments in the stock market other than maybe a 401k they never look at. If anything, they will rationalize this as an eat the rich moment. If there is one thing that unites the left and right is a disdain for rich plutocrats.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

It is likely that we were due for a slight downturn regardless, but Trump is doing everything he can to exacerbate the issues, with the fallout being likely orders of magnitude worse. In theory, a free market thrives in predictable environments and level playing fields. Trump is providing neither.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

It sure looks like the tempo of the modern economy is about to reach a significant downturn. In 2023, the US was the only economy in the world to achieve a soft landing and avoid a recession. Economic downturns are part of the ebb and flow of capitalism, but countries can mitigate them if prepared.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

We live in a corporate culture that cherishes strong leaders that have an iron grip over their corporate workforce. Think the Steve Jobs of the world, how they are idolized and looked up to. A lot of it has to do with charisma, power and the ability to exercise it.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

“If the leader [boss] is authoritarian, this could potentially create vicious cycles where the leader continues to promote their false beliefs, and followers continue to agree with them, but because most followers wouldn’t want to disagree with their leader, this may create pluralistic ignorance.”

psypost.org

Employees under authoritarian leaders are more likely to agree with misinformation, study finds

A study published in Scientific Reports has found that individuals with authoritarian bosses are more likely to agree with fake news, suggesting that leadership styles can influence perceptions of mis...

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

The daily lives of most Americans revolve around having a boss and doing exactly what the are told to do. The whole corporate hierarchy is built on authority and unilateralism. No surprise that many Americans are comfortable with authoritarians in government. It's how life is in the private sector.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

People have been taught to accept authoritarianism because most work for corporations and that is how corporations operate. When they say government should be run as a corporation, what they are inadvertently saying is that it should be run like a dictatorship.

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Tim Copper @timcopper.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Was TSLA a meme stock? 👀

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