Head over to the default subs and look at all the leftists who are all of a sudden in support of the TPP and are saying it was a dumb move by Trump to pull out of it. Lol this shit writes itself.
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n/a tjg09 2017-01-23
This.
n/a Delusional_Liberal 2017-01-23
"The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a disastrous trade agreement designed to protect the interests of the largest multi-national corporations at the expense of workers, consumers, the environment and the foundations of American democracy. It will also negatively impact some of the poorest people in the world." - Bernie Sanders
I bet that will shut reddit up.
n/a DrDougExeter 2017-01-23
reddit don't love bernie any more they love hillary only
n/a accountingisboring 2017-01-23
They only love hate at the point in the game.
n/a chickyrogue 2017-01-23
yup hate fear they are such sore losers
n/a accountingisboring 2017-01-23
It's getting uglier by the second. I am seeing people attack each other in almost every conversation. Women attacking women, men attacking men, and so on. Are they going to start blaming dogs & cats next? It's insane.
n/a lily_levasseur 2017-01-23
Perhaps that is by design. Shills being consistently divisive to the point where users become defensive, eventually going on the offense themselves. I cannot think of a better way to disrupt society than to subtly, over time, push regular conversation toward an environment filled with unexpected pitfalls of hostility.
n/a IntellisaurDinoAlien 2017-01-23
It's absolutely by design, can't have the people realising who their actual enemy is.
n/a lily_levasseur 2017-01-23
....says the guy who's ass I jumped for zero reason! Ha! Wasn't my fault. It was those damn shilllllls. :)
n/a HarryParatesties 2017-01-23
Soon a picture of Clinton, NPH, and black science man will be posted to get all the karma.
n/a Horus_Krishna_5 2017-01-23
shock doctrine. right now we're shocked trump one so it is prime time for them to push bad policies on us
n/a chickyrogue 2017-01-23
well try to disfuse
they want us at odds
n/a Kertigen 2017-01-23
It seems crazy to me that people can't have a debate anymore without immediately resorting to insults. After watching many of the Milton Friedman videos of real debates, it is honestly sad how far society has devolved. I am guilty of the the same thing, but it feels like everyone on the left goes straight to that.
n/a accountingisboring 2017-01-23
I love a good debate, its healthy to see other sides. It gives a broader perspective and eventually the best/correct side wins or you walk away and respectfully disagree. I know in politics is more my ideals vs. yours, but you get what I'm saying. But these things require respect, and from what I see, respect is long gone. Society as a whole have lost respect. Children do not respect elders, neighbors do not respect neighbors, parents don't respect teachers, employers don't respect employees, etc. everything is so self centered, they don't care about the other sides point of view. They don't want to see your side of the equation or how you got there.
There are so many reasons for this the list would be a mile long.
n/a justaponyfan 2017-01-23
Leftie here, and I'm so glad Trump is pulling out of it. Just because I don't like the man doesn't mean I automatically dislike every one of his decisions.
n/a vanquish_islam 2017-01-23
I was on board with Bernie but I'm beginning to really like Trump. If he keeps going in this direction he will get my vote next time around.
n/a quackchomp 2017-01-23
Used to be on board with Bernie but just now starting to like trump? Is that why you have a 5 hour old old account named vanquish_islam? Sounds more like you're attempting to plant a narrative... nice try though!!
n/a Kind_Of_A_Dick 2017-01-23
That's impossible! This sub is a sacred place and nobody would ever try to plant comments using new/alt accounts to push a narrative! /s
n/a n00854180t- 2017-01-23
Oh look, r/politics regulars here to shitpost and spam, never seen that before /s
n/a quackchomp 2017-01-23
Who is the r/politics regular? Me? Lol nice try but some people aren't naive enough to trust some random comment trying to accuse me of being some shill with no actual evidence lolll
n/a LightBringerFlex 2017-01-23
Haha the children are funny.
n/a techrich 2017-01-23
Up voted both to keep them visible, well spotted Sir! ITM
n/a vanquish_islam 2017-01-23
I don't like Islam, it's not something I'm trying to hide. I'm not understanding what you think I'm doing, I'm open to hearing what your issue is though.
n/a Delusional_Liberal 2017-01-23
He thinks you're a shill. Idk if you are but its not an unfair assumption. You have to understand, this subreddit is filled with people whose sole reason for coming here is to push an agenda.
n/a Flat_Earth-Fat_Girth 2017-01-23
Ya bro like mine is the flat earth, sadly the true ones aren't funded.
n/a vanquish_islam 2017-01-23
Fair enough I guess, but don't we all have some agenda? For me I love alien conspiracies and pizzagate/elite secret conspiracies. I also hate Islam and would say that's a conspiracy but it's pretty transparent about its desire to take over the world; not really a secret. I guess if by agenda to discuss aliens, elites and hate on Islam then yes I have an agenda. Also aren't shills paid money?
n/a AlphaQUp_Bish 2017-01-23
This just in, users in r/Conspiracy might be a bit paranoid. More at 11.
But seriously, I don't Reddit a whole lot but it is curious how many new accounts I see in here posting. It's either agenda pushing or this sub creates such thought evoking ideas that people can't help but join in. I really want to believe the latter but wishing doesn't get us anywhere.
n/a joshthelegodude 2017-01-23
I use alternate accounts to voice opinions that can cause me trouble on other subs...not too crazy to do.
n/a throdon 2017-01-23
Now it's 14 hours old. When are you gonna tell the Truth?
n/a Kafke 2017-01-23
I was on board with Bernie, and liked trump at first, but he just got worse and worse as time went on. Really, rejecting the TPP is the only good thing he's done.
n/a toomuchpork 2017-01-23
You actually thing this guy will be up for reelection?!?
He won't make the 4 years. There is no way he will not cross the line and either be shit canned or god-emperor by then.
Either way no election.
n/a EliteAsFuk 2017-01-23
Yeah, why does one good thing suddenly negate a million poor qualities?
n/a pby1000 2017-01-23
It doesn't, but it is good to be objective so we do not turn into the political assholes we despise.
n/a EliteAsFuk 2017-01-23
Too late for this sub.
n/a pby1000 2017-01-23
I will still resist to the bitter end.
n/a EliteAsFuk 2017-01-23
Cheers. Glad to see some reasonable people haven't jumped ship yet.
n/a Flytape 2017-01-23
Leave it then.
n/a EliteAsFuk 2017-01-23
Aren't you a mod?
n/a Flytape 2017-01-23
Yep. You've been screaming about politics taking over the sub for nearly a month but all you participate in is the politics on this sub. Maybe you should leave the sub to help us fix the problem?
And yes I am a mod here. So? The way I see it, you can either stop complaining and enjoy participation, or stop participating and enjoy not complaining.
n/a EliteAsFuk 2017-01-23
Whoa. I've not posted here in a few days, and I certainly am not screaming about anything. You're suggesting I leave because my opinion doesn't fit the narrative here?
That kind of goes against what this sub is about. Does it not?
n/a Flytape 2017-01-23
Whoaaaa just stop complaining about the sub. 90% of the annoying shit here is people complaining about other people's politics.
n/a EliteAsFuk 2017-01-23
Fair enough, I'm sure it is annoying. But, opinions are going to be pretty varied right now. There's plenty to talk about, and people want to vent their opinions on the current state of the nation. You can't police everything.
n/a rilexusmaximus 2017-01-23
Go to /r/politics and "vent" your opinion
n/a EliteAsFuk 2017-01-23
What makes you think I want to post there? I have no use for that place. This sub is fine with me. Thanks.
n/a fat_osvaldo 2017-01-23
I just fear we will be put into it by some other name or they will sneakily sign it without us knowing.
n/a rektCubed 2017-01-23
In the press release this morning Sean Spicer said Trump will push for bilateral 1 on 1 trade deals which I hope are negotiated in both parties interests. I think we as a country will have to suck up some unpleasant realities about standards of living though ie we need to stop the glut of Walmart and amazon/ebay international luxury goods.
n/a badgertime33 2017-01-23
That's true. But we also ignore the fact that it keeps wages low. We're overtaxed on top of that.
n/a Granite66 2017-01-23
The bilateral deals President Trump promised could also mean worse deals for the working class and middle class then the TPP could ever have achieved. That is what has me worried.
If your a person who believes money flows down from the rich to the poor (like I believe Trump does) all the more likely your going to do a deal which is great for big business and the wealthy in each country but woeful to the middle class and working class of your and theirs countries.
n/a pby1000 2017-01-23
Same...
n/a madeinwhales 2017-01-23
Here here
n/a quackchomp 2017-01-23
I agree. Why does "leftists" have to all be grouped together talking about supporting this? Hillary supporters and moderate dems and republicans believe in globalist trade deals. Anymore left than moderate and you begin to see people opposed to TPP and NAFTA (including myself). You're using r/politics of all subs to bash an entire group of people to fit your narrative.
n/a jonnyredshorts 2017-01-23
THIS! So many Berniecrats were already against free trade deals, shit going back to Ross Perot and his “Giant Sucking Sound”, I remember well. I absolutely despise the corporate Democrats that brought us HRC and Obama, they are all talk, telling democratic voters what they want to hear so they can then do the opposite. People are waking up, but for sure there is a funny kind of confusion over taking many of them as they react as only Pavlov could dream. But hey, Republican voters have been voting against their own self interest for as long as Democrats have been. Jesus, they fell for trickle down economics, and some still defend it as a viable economic theory. Even Bush Sr. called it out when he was running against Reagan, “voodoo economics”. 40 years later, and it’s still the basic policy of out government. We’re pathetic as a society.
n/a TheMadQuixotician 2017-01-23
...lol
CTR spent HOW much money trying to find the thing to get Reddit to shut up?! I doubt you could do it with one quote :P
Good quote though, very appropriate and well used.
n/a pby1000 2017-01-23
I hope so. If something good is done, we should be thankful. If Hillary was President, she would be shaking her tits and ass to get people to accept it.
n/a whiskeycrotch 2017-01-23
What the fuck are you even talking about?
n/a pby1000 2017-01-23
Hahaha!! Wouldn't you like to know?
Just that Trump withdrew us from the TPP. I was saying that, if Hillary was President, should would be shaking her tits and ass to get people to accept it.
n/a whiskeycrotch 2017-01-23
That's horribly misogynist.
n/a pby1000 2017-01-23
If I was serious, I would agree with you. I do not like Hillary at all, and it is my right to make fun of her.
n/a vivling 2017-01-23
The problem with default subs is that they have been taken over by paid propaganda. Check out real Bernie subs like /r/WayOfTheBern for how Bernies really feel about it.
n/a petedacook 2017-01-23
The people are just stupid assholes. There is no other way to explain their blind, biased hatred for Trump.
n/a citricacidx 2017-01-23
Sourxe
n/a Afrobean 2017-01-23
The "people" op is talking about are the same "people" who trashed Sanders throughout the primaries.
Shills won't respond favorably to a Bernie quote lol
n/a honkimon 2017-01-23
Reddit has been against tpp long before these sub year old accounts came along
n/a chickyrogue 2017-01-23
no they are just shills and paid to say anything
n/a accountingisboring 2017-01-23
Even if they are just shills, they are already echoing it IRL. People I know and now back flipping into how awful this is or that it's a trick. ??? Mind Control? It sure seems like it.
n/a chickyrogue 2017-01-23
yes esepcially if they are watchin rachel maddow
its the micro waves they can turn them up when they feel like it
n/a accountingisboring 2017-01-23
and being glued to their phones 24/7. talk about zombie apocalypses.
n/a chickyrogue 2017-01-23
i know in the city they look so rediculous '
cant even have a conversation with eachother
n/a accountingisboring 2017-01-23
more to the point, they don't want to. on your phone you can just close/swipe/delete. IRL, not so much.
n/a chickyrogue 2017-01-23
i know control alt delete what a function! if only if only
n/a Horus_Krishna_5 2017-01-23
Obama pushed TPP his entire presidency too which made it hard for libs to criticize it, well fake libs anyway, but then they'd say we're racist if we don't like TPP.
n/a chickyrogue 2017-01-23
well that is iexactly why he was chosen
and he did everything they wanted him too
n/a Horus_Krishna_5 2017-01-23
yes! and now they will have trump pretend to do some things to make the conservadems kneejerk be against it, or for it, like how they're not kneejerk for TPP.
n/a chickyrogue 2017-01-23
did you enjoyo the compelling music
n/a Horus_Krishna_5 2017-01-23
should get some ambient shoegaze guitar. i could do it
n/a chickyrogue 2017-01-23
shoegaze? <--whatdat?
n/a Horus_Krishna_5 2017-01-23
like rock and roll but a lot of effects on the guitar like fuzz and reverb
n/a chickyrogue 2017-01-23
i see... dod you find the banking info interesting ?
n/a Horus_Krishna_5 2017-01-23
ya very much
n/a chickyrogue 2017-01-23
good just remember all the false veils they put before us to focus on rather than who is sitting in the room callin shots behind the veil they allow us to glimpse
i think all their rancid structures are about to crumble
n/a Horus_Krishna_5 2017-01-23
gotta focus on both
anyone who went along with it? guillotine time.
n/a chickyrogue 2017-01-23
i know the desparacy these days is worse than rococo times
n/a srtor 2017-01-23
Obama's legacy in one word. SHIT.
n/a chickyrogue 2017-01-23
he is great unto himself but ... i am glad his time is over
n/a vea_ariam 2017-01-23
At the risk of sounding insulated it is maddening to go through the first few pages of reddit; especially going into threads. Only when sorting comments by controversial do I see what seem like organic replies. So if you ever feel like you're going crazy try that. like in that male abduction/torture thread (also interesting how in that same thread the top comment is wildly karma inflated with multiple guilds.) the agenda is real
n/a accountingisboring 2017-01-23
its crazy. I'm about to unplugged and go live in the woods. I try to be nice & polite, but some people are really pushing it.
n/a monopoly_man_pass_go 2017-01-23
Ever wonder if it's bots talking to bots and both comments are getting upvoated by bots?
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603072/if-only-ai-could-save-us-from-ourselves/
n/a SinSkin 2017-01-23
Wait, what? ... Fucking Reddit, I'm starting to think more and more people drink lead water.
n/a Seinfeldologist 2017-01-23
Woah! That's a hell of a conspiracy you came up with!
n/a snowmandan 2017-01-23
Absolutely absurd, I hope that in 20 years, a lot of folks will look back and be able to comprehend their idiocy seen currently.
n/a HarryParatesties 2017-01-23
20 years from now there will something far worse making this look like sanity. It'll probably be Chelsea's presidential run.
n/a snowmandan 2017-01-23
Honestly I think we are moving in the right direction. We just have to keep up momentum. Don't be discouraged. Get spiritual.
n/a Sebbean 2017-01-23
Ahah ahah! Newbs
n/a Agastopia 2017-01-23
Conspiracy?
n/a meditation_IRC 2017-01-23
Too much idiots
n/a callmebaiken 2017-01-23
The whole idea of TPP was amazing: "Hey, if I'm going to invest in your country, I need to know that you won't suddenly elect a new government that changes the laws and thereby threatens my investment. I need a supranational board to ensure that laws passed internally by countries can be overrided otherwise it's a deterrent to international investment".
n/a Horus_Krishna_5 2017-01-23
"what if people don't like pollution. make a law saying fuck them"
n/a PhunnelCake 2017-01-23
What was obvious and scary about the TPP really for me was the fact that it was blatantly trying to circumvent other nations, specifically China, India and Russia. To me this is ridiculous that no one was outraged by the fact that it was o so obviously aggressive on our part.
n/a veryearlyonemorning 2017-01-23
Oh no, America acting in her best interests.
n/a PhunnelCake 2017-01-23
Well let's reason here: the government represents he people equally and wholly, and this plan would be negative for a lot of American workers. So I think that it's not really acting her best interests by staying in.
n/a veryearlyonemorning 2017-01-23
Fair enough but your original point was a lot of hand wringing about America circumventing Russia and China while trying to get these countries within her orbit. Like what do you expect from Russia and China and every country? It's what they do.
n/a PhunnelCake 2017-01-23
Well they are. Think about the next step: military aggression. Its the next Cold War right here if it went through. Then would go our rights in the name of 'safety'. Patriot Act is an example.
What I am saying is that it's deeper than "it's what they do". Actions have motivations and self interest has factors that shape them. Those factors in my mind are not in representation of citizens but rather those same factors have a benefit to gain from the TPP . This effect has taken the shape of the ability for companies to donate money to our politicians to get it to go through. Not even to mention compete secrecy about it and trying to rush it through. The US is trying to get around Russia and China with TPP, in the interest of big money
n/a veryearlyonemorning 2017-01-23
I mean, I agree with you. I just don't share your surprise or consternation. The entire history of the human race has been this
n/a Victawr 2017-01-23
I have, I don't see it. What I see are a bunch of very downvoted comments at the start of threads before the actual lefties hop in and comment about how stupid those comments are.
This then puts the idea in everyone's minds that somehow the left supported the TPP.
Its like racist comments early in a thread, and when you read the thread all the most upvoted comments are about how stupid the racist comments were, but to someone new to the thread those would be nowhere to be found.
n/a MzMarcoPolo 2017-01-23
Thank you for putting this into words.
n/a dinosauralienspirits 2017-01-23
Literally all I see is comments such as the one in the title. OP, this isn't the Donald .
n/a Horus_Krishna_5 2017-01-23
Hillary and CTR paid shills = conservadems
which is also why I suspect trump will still do TPP albeit give itself a new name since the TPP one is tainted. and do likewise with NAFTA and obamacare, keep em but give em a new name. for show. they're right wing, conservative ideas.
n/a arachnopussy 2017-01-23
Really? You think the guy who ran on Nationalism Vs Globalism as the #1 core issue is a TPP plant?
The Russian Manchurian Candiditate and White Supremacist theories were much better thought out than this one.
n/a Horus_Krishna_5 2017-01-23
he's a repub and TPP is designed to only help the rich so yeah
n/a arachnopussy 2017-01-23
TPP is for helping rich globalists. He's a rich nationalist. I can start naming rich globalists and rich nationalists on the left, if you want to go down this ridiculous anti-thought experiment.
n/a Horus_Krishna_5 2017-01-23
nah he has tons of global connections
n/a arachnopussy 2017-01-23
Apparently you're not aware of what "nationalism vs globalism" even means.
Nationalism does not mean isolationism. It means the control of international agreements is retained by the sovereign entities covered by those agreements. This is directly opposite of globalism, which means the control of international agreements is retained by international organizations that the entities are legally beholden unto.
The TPP is designed to give power to these globalist international organizations, taking it away from the nations. Thus, with TPP you have a governing body that can tell the US they can't determine their own import taxes (neither raising or lowering) regardless of who has come into power in the most recent election.
Nationalism lets the involved nations directly negotiating with each other, and if the voting public of either country doesn't like it, they vote in new leaders.
Globalism controls it via international organizations led by corporate leaders, and if the voting block doesn't like it.... Tough Shit.
All of that said, nothing in "nationalism" says or even implies that the state becomes isolationist and stops having global connections.
If you thought ANY candidate was pushing the removal of "global connections" well, you're wrong. The reason for that wrongness... insanity? stupidity? I'm sure we're about to find out.
n/a Horus_Krishna_5 2017-01-23
ignore what trump says look at what he does
you got cucked by goldman sachs
n/a arachnopussy 2017-01-23
That's an entirely different argument than "Trump is a secret globalist."
So let's look at what he does
/looks at the news
Oh look, he dumped the TPP.
n/a ddaniels02 2017-01-23
think he'll take down the federal reserve? I think he has enough corporate backing to the not get JFK'd. but we'll see. interesting times indeed.
n/a arachnopussy 2017-01-23
I don't know about taking it out, but I'm betting that regular audits are on the schedule. Minimum, one audit for every audit that was ever levied against Trump, lol.
n/a ddaniels02 2017-01-23
haha! I like it.
n/a veryearlyonemorning 2017-01-23
What he does is fill his cabinet with the very same globalist fucks you derided a post ago. He now has the ability to loot the government for himself and his business interests. Do you really think the game changed here?
n/a arachnopussy 2017-01-23
This is false. Every one of his cabinet that I have read about or heard speak is a strong nationalist. Once again, proving you detractors don't even understand the concepts being discussed.
n/a Gadfly360 2017-01-23
Are Neoliberals considered leftist?
n/a srtor 2017-01-23
Never. They are centrist, sometimes act like rightist.
n/a FatStig 2017-01-23
Except the whole communism/socialism part. Some people justify state control through different means but ultimately it comes down to "I know better than you plebs how you should live your life".
n/a Afrobean 2017-01-23
No. Neolibs are NOT socialists or communists. Actual socialists and communists go for people like Bernie Sanders, not scumbags like Hillary Clinton.
And actually, Sanders is barely a socialist at all really. Someone who is serious about socialism would look at his policy positions and say he's a centrist.
n/a 333gggbbb 2017-01-23
BUT CHINA IS GOING TO TAKE OVER NOW DUUUUDDDEEEE. These people are crazy
n/a headphones66 2017-01-23
People you don't agree with commenting on reddit! What a conspiracy!
n/a PlayStationVRShill 2017-01-23
I have zero respect or trust for trump, and possibly even less so for his political comrades. That said, I do try to remain hopeful because the idea that things could be better is not misleading. I see more overtly authoritarian and anti populace things coming from this administration.
That said, thanks, Donnie.
n/a HS_00 2017-01-23
If Trump denounced the Holocaust, I strongly suspect that the leftists would be screaming for concentration camps.
n/a silenteye 2017-01-23
Pretty much every top comment in the default subs is about how this was a good move.....
n/a Ozcolllo 2017-01-23
Shhh, just be quiet and accept the circle jerk against the "other".
n/a How1ntriguing 2017-01-23
I know it isn't all of the left but many of their hate for all thing Trump seems like it could get them starving themselves if he talked about it being necessary to get enough nutrition
n/a Bowiesinspace 2017-01-23
How is this a conspiracy? Fuck off you politically charged cunt
n/a venCiere 2017-01-23
The only ppl left in the "left" are HC/NWO cabal and bots. They were defeated and are using shell of former entity to pretend they represent most Dems. They always had plenty of $ but no support (empty rallies). It's all orchestrated, FAKE, hired propaganda. (Soros supported post election protests and apparently Women's march was planned a year ago, as celebratory.) MSM collusion is a foregone conclusion, from the DNC LEAKS. So, as Kanye said, we are being lied to.
n/a TucanSamBitch 2017-01-23
This is the result of never leaving your bubble and believing all the shit you see on reddit about liberals
n/a venCiere 2017-01-23
Oh, a shill. Too much truth for you?
n/a TucanSamBitch 2017-01-23
It's sad that you think people that disagree with you are paid. Actually take the time and talk to liberal minded people in life, but you'll probably think they're shills too :/
n/a venCiere 2017-01-23
What makes you think I am not a liberal? Bec I'm not blind to gross corruption? Bernie should be Prez. I rest my case.
n/a TucanSamBitch 2017-01-23
Uh huh
n/a wasthereadogwithyou 2017-01-23
I live in Seattle. It's pretty much what he said, plus some differently-abled folks.
n/a TucanSamBitch 2017-01-23
His comment makes no sense at all. No support at all but the Womens March was huge? Like cmon now have some common sense
n/a wasthereadogwithyou 2017-01-23
It's just hyperbole.
n/a TucanSamBitch 2017-01-23
Uh huh
n/a wasthereadogwithyou 2017-01-23
Are you black?
n/a TucanSamBitch 2017-01-23
What?
n/a wasthereadogwithyou 2017-01-23
Idk, just wondering. Your comments made you sound black in my head.
n/a TucanSamBitch 2017-01-23
Nah
n/a venCiere 2017-01-23
It was advertised and funded. Made it easy to make it happen.
n/a TucanSamBitch 2017-01-23
Uh huh, that's why it happened all over and in multiple countries, all soros right!!!!
n/a unruly_mattress 2017-01-23
Eh, I've always supported it. The answer to the healthy process of noncompetitive jobs disappearing and competitive jobs appearing - also known as forward progress - shouldn't be protectionism. Without old jobs disappearing, new ones cannot appear. When cars are introduced, carriages go out of business. When machines are introduced, coal miners go out of business. That's not a bad thing, this is how it should be.
People do lose their jobs, though. The American way is that when you lose your job, you lose your health insurance, and health is incredibly expensive, so if you break your leg while unemployed your life is basically over. Additionally, if you've just been fired from a closing factory in a field that doesn't exist anymore, then it'll be really hard for you to go back to work in a different field, since education costs infinity money. And if you can't find a job, you will have to rely on restricted government food programs and Fox News will berate you for eating fish.
Save the people, not the ship. Let the jobs go, and arrange a safety net for the employees to continue living in a respectable way for a year or two while they learn new skills for a new job. This gives the best of two worlds - the market is kept flexible by not inhibiting fluidity in what the market is composed of, and employees aren't scared to death of losing their job.
In a way, both Trump and Bernie are wrong here. Bernie won't let the ship sink, while Trump won't let the ship sink and won't save the sailors. I guess Trump is more wrong.
The two main issues the American economy has, by far, are the insane costs of healthcare and education. That the last elections were about any other topic boggles my mind. TPP wouldn't have been a bad thing if people could change jobs or fields when needed.
Besides this point: listening to what the previous government had to say brings up that the TPP was a strategic move to strengthen China's neighbors. There's more than just jobs on the line here.
n/a NWOShill1 2017-01-23
TPP = divestment. TPP = US rules in Asia.
It's really simple, we don't somehow get new better wonder jobs back when McDonalds goes and makes stores in Asia dude.
n/a unruly_mattress 2017-01-23
Trade is not a breach of sovereignty.
No US jobs are lost when McDonald's opens branches in Asia.
Jobs are not "gotten". There is no global jobs dispenser that the US needs to grab more from. Jobs are also not "created" by the government. They happen when ability, vision, resources and lack of government interference coincide.
If the government actively supports one sector, then it is actively inhibiting all others.
n/a NWOShill1 2017-01-23
What the hell are you blabbering about, really? McDonalds will take money they could have invested in the US and invest it in Asia. Then Asians will reap the tax, Asians will get the jobs. It's not good for the US people. We will have our rules enforced in their countries, so that our type of industries, like McDonalds, can compete. Asians will provide more demand for Tyson's shitty chicken, so we can sell it in walmart there, and then that demand is driving up prices Americans pay at home.
n/a unruly_mattress 2017-01-23
I'm just not seeing any sense in what you're saying.
So you're saying basically that exporting anything drives prices up? Maybe Trump should put export taxes on American industry to keep prices down then.
It's a trade agreement, not a cease fire agreement. They think it's better for their economies to take the trade America's offering.
They don't, and sanitation is like okay. So are fair salaries. I also won't mourn the passing of child labor.
They could grow and cook their food with proper sanitary concern. It won't hurt them.
If theirs can't compete. I suspect it will be able to.
n/a unruly_mattress 2017-01-23
http://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/1/24/14363148/trade-deals-nafta-wto-china-job-loss-trump
n/a NWOShill1 2017-01-23
I don't even think I need to make much of an argument. NAFTA looks like a job exporter on its face. It makes it easy to outsource our jobs to Mexico while selling the products that are made in America. Benefit from cheap labor, like Sanders was saying.
n/a unruly_mattress 2017-01-23
You could read the article, you know.
n/a NWOShill1 2017-01-23
I posted that straight out of the article.
n/a unruly_mattress 2017-01-23
Yes, I know.
n/a AWokenBeetle 2017-01-23
I'll never vote Democrat again, what a bunch of FUCKING losers, hell if Trump gets the black community going I think the Democrats may lose a MASSIVE chuck of their voting block. Thank You President Trump and keep up the good work !!!
n/a I8NY 2017-01-23
I don't think they are Leftists. Just sayin'.
n/a Lulzorr 2017-01-23
I just don't see how this is a conspiracy.... What the fuck is wrong with you, /r/conspiracy? You're I'll.
n/a CommanderBC 2017-01-23
There's not one true leftist who support these trade deals. They are either neo-liberals or corporate shills.
n/a vivling 2017-01-23
I was a Bernie delegate at the Philly convention. And smuggled a sign in that was anti-TPP just like almost every other Bernie delegate did. :P And here is just one article about that: http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-trade/2016/07/anti-tpp-protesters-keep-trade-a-hot-topic-at-convention-little-love-for-trump-on-wto-exit-talk-chambers-chief-lobbyist-to-retire-215536
And then I came home and participated in a Labor Day parade, and we all carried anti-TPP signs as the Roanoke Democratic Committee down the streets.
I don't know who is complaining about the TPP being dead, but I suspect it isn't Lefties.
n/a Leftovertaters 2017-01-23
Id love for anyone to link me a comment with more than 100-150 upvotes saying how this was a bad move and how Trump was in the wrong.
n/a blakdart 2017-01-23
Hey feminist, how does it feel to be a tool of a billionaire who makes his money by causing civil wars such as the Ukraine war,and lost billions of dollars betting aginst tump?
n/a Leftovertaters 2017-01-23
You posted this to the_donald. https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5ptfmj/to_the_liberals_coming_around_and_giving/?ref=share&ref_source=link
Exactly who do you consider to be 'treasonous'?
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n/a PISS_PRESIDENT 2017-01-23
OP you don't seem to realize that the only reason Donald Trump is against the TPP is that he's been a Liberal for most of his life.
Meanwhile the GOP had UNILATERAL support for NAFTA AND the TPP.
"Leftists" indeed, before this retardation leftists were the only ones who opposed the TPP.
n/a NWOShill1 2017-01-23
Nobody really was against it. It's an establishment vs. outsider issue. Smart people are against it, cronies left and right are for it.
n/a Romek_himself 2017-01-23
while tpp is horrible for most countrys involved it is indeed a dumb move for trump to cancle it without a alternative deal.
Tpp was not made for economic reasons - it was made to bind the southeast asia countrys to USA. As a reaction to the danger of BRICS. So this countrys dont join BRICS. Now when India - China - Russia really start this BRICS thing and remove dollar for trade with eachother than this will hurt USA. But it will hurt much more when all other countrys see the progress and join it.
USA hates the euro because all the EU countrys dont use dollar anymore for trade with eachother - they have the euro now. And same will happen with east-asia.
n/a NWOShill1 2017-01-23
Spicer said in the press conference today that it is the goal to negotiate trade deals with each individual country. Countries would never cut US out of trade like you say either, it would only hurt themselves.
n/a Romek_himself 2017-01-23
Today at work i did a news (cant remember which source) how an Japan or Australian politican said something like China could join tpp and tak the spot for USA.
n/a NWOShill1 2017-01-23
Sure, China could con countries into not trading with us. I really don't think they'll be able to since trading with us is so appealing.
n/a Romek_himself 2017-01-23
this does not matter at all ... when this tpp countrys (south east asia) join BRICS and so remove dollar for trade with eachother than it just does not matter who is trading with usa
when countrys stop using dollar its allways damage for usa
n/a NWOShill1 2017-01-23
They never joined BRICS before why would they now? We're just getting out of the TPP and renegotiating trade with each country individually. They're eager to trade with the US, the media lately makes it sound like we're really messing up, they have everyone being a worry wort. Nothing is going to change.
n/a slimslider 2017-01-23
Why would you reduce a opinion/position down to left or right? Using those terms creates division that we don't need.
n/a nautilius87 2017-01-23
You confuse "leftists" with (neo)liberals. "Leftist" is insulting buzzword for everyone who is not far-right/fascist.
n/a News_Bot 2017-01-23
Liberals ain't left these days, bruh.
n/a dinosauralienspirits 2017-01-23
Wrong
n/a narcoleptik_ninja 2017-01-23
I'm really happy trump got us out of that deal. However has he even mentioned the TISA deal at all? That deal is just as bad...
n/a veryearlyonemorning 2017-01-23
What exactly is the conspiracy here. This is a t_d post, go there.
n/a jakcspellgood 2017-01-23
I like that he didn't sign it a lot it's probably the only good thing he'll do.
n/a branamuffin 2017-01-23
How is this a conspiracy? So generic swipes at "leftists" is a fine thread in /r/conspiracy?
n/a brokenpixel 2017-01-23
What a the conspiracy?
n/a jucifer7 2017-01-23
They aren't leftists then are they
n/a cspan1 2017-01-23
fix flint's water supply
n/a Caese_Rulez 2017-01-23
I really hate when stupid conservatives call Hillary Clinton supporters. Leftists. They aren't. They supported a neocon. Bernie supporters do not support TPP.
n/a Horus_Krishna_5 2017-01-23
should get some ambient shoegaze guitar. i could do it
n/a badgertime33 2017-01-23
That's true. But we also ignore the fact that it keeps wages low. We're overtaxed on top of that.
n/a Granite66 2017-01-23
The bilateral deals President Trump promised could also mean worse deals for the working class and middle class then the TPP could ever have achieved. That is what has me worried.
If your a person who believes money flows down from the rich to the poor (like I believe Trump does) all the more likely your going to do a deal which is great for big business and the wealthy in each country but woeful to the middle class and working class of your and theirs countries.