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Swede

(40,130 posts)
Sun May 24, 2026, 10:00 PM 11 hrs ago

Nobody Wants To Come To America, Mate The night an Aussie economics professor told Trump's bagman to grow the fuck

The American century is over, and the obituary was just written on British television by an Australian economics professor and a Chinese game theorist while Trump’s own former economic advisor sat between them and tried to pretend he couldn’t hear it.
Nobody wants to go there now, mate.
Not for a holiday. Not for a job. Not for a degree. Not for a marriage. Not for a future.
You broke the brand. You can’t unbreak it. You can’t tariff your way back. You can’t drill your way back. You can’t bomb your way back. You can’t AI your way back. The trust is gone, and trust takes generations to rebuild, especially when the people who broke it are still in power and still being cheered on by 77 million dropkicks who think Sean Hannity is a journalist.
The Hollywood scripts have stopped working.
The audience walked out.
The lights are coming up on a very different theatre.

https://ifloz.substack.com/p/nobody-wants-to-come-to-america-mate

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Nobody Wants To Come To America, Mate The night an Aussie economics professor told Trump's bagman to grow the fuck (Original Post) Swede 11 hrs ago OP
Ironically it was a POS asussie named Rupert Murdoch that did a lot of the heavy lifting to destroy the brand. Blues Heron 11 hrs ago #1
Amen! Chasstev365 11 hrs ago #3
Your own fault! Aussie105 9 hrs ago #6
Yep canetoad 9 hrs ago #9
nobody was forced to swallow the bilge he peddled stopdiggin 8 hrs ago #10
THIS malaise 1 hr ago #16
The Republican "Project for a New American Century" became the "America Who?" century. betsuni 11 hrs ago #2
It is sad Dan 11 hrs ago #4
You're right, Dan. calimary 9 hrs ago #7
This piece says it clearly. Read it all if you can. hedda_foil 10 hrs ago #5
OMG. it is after 1 am and I thought I'd click on one more post before calling it a day. I won't be able to sleep now Deuxcents 8 hrs ago #14
Just like Putin wants. It's purposely Cha 9 hrs ago #8
Sobering. Please read. yonder 8 hrs ago #11
Always disliked Steven Moore Figarosmom 8 hrs ago #12
The U.S. and our little bullying brother, Israel, aren't getting invited to any parties. eom Exp 8 hrs ago #13
Read this piece and it tells the truth that La Coliniere 1 hr ago #15

Blues Heron

(9,045 posts)
1. Ironically it was a POS asussie named Rupert Murdoch that did a lot of the heavy lifting to destroy the brand.
Sun May 24, 2026, 10:05 PM
11 hrs ago

Aussie105

(8,201 posts)
6. Your own fault!
Sun May 24, 2026, 11:52 PM
9 hrs ago

Murdoch found life uncomfortable in the UK, tried Australia but got rejected here too.

Then he knocked on YOUR door and you let him in!

You knew what he was - or should have known.

stopdiggin

(15,653 posts)
10. nobody was forced to swallow the bilge he peddled
Mon May 25, 2026, 12:58 AM
8 hrs ago

the kool-aid was willingly ingested by hateful 'patriots' - coast to coast.

betsuni

(29,321 posts)
2. The Republican "Project for a New American Century" became the "America Who?" century.
Sun May 24, 2026, 10:11 PM
11 hrs ago

Dan

(5,302 posts)
4. It is sad
Sun May 24, 2026, 10:39 PM
11 hrs ago

But we truly have dug our own grave .

I wish that I had the words that could help us dig ourselves out of this mess, but I don't.

77 Million voters decided to vote for Donald, even when he threatened to end our democracy/Republic - and they didn't care.
Close to 80 couldn't be bothered to vote in the face of that threat.
We are now all paying for their choices, not us, but the world, and worse the disease is spreading.

Can't blame a single demographic group because 'all of them' in some large and smart percentages voted for Donald.

Even saying that history will judge Trump offers little solace, the damage is being and will be done.

I just finished reading '22 Cells' about the psych of the leading NAZI survivors - the men that were close to Hitler, in some ways it sounds like Trump's Cabinet.

As Dr. Kelly said at the end - they, the leaders, members of the Hitler cult, were in some ways - just like us. There are many similarities between Germany (then) and America now.

calimary

(90,901 posts)
7. You're right, Dan.
Mon May 25, 2026, 12:21 AM
9 hrs ago

It is sad.

Almost impossibly, unspeakably sad.

I’m not gonna give up. But it makes me sad to see what’s happened, and specifically what the Donald has done. And so far, I don’t see as much pushback as I’d like.

But I’m NOT giving up, DAMMIT!!! As long as I can object (at the very least), I’m gonna do exactly that.

And I’m pretty doggone sure there will be others also refusing to give up. Hopefully we find each other, and combine our voices AND our strengths.

And KEEP BUILDING from there!!!

Deuxcents

(27,759 posts)
14. OMG. it is after 1 am and I thought I'd click on one more post before calling it a day. I won't be able to sleep now
Mon May 25, 2026, 01:15 AM
8 hrs ago

Cha

(320,793 posts)
8. Just like Putin wants. It's purposely
Mon May 25, 2026, 12:27 AM
9 hrs ago

Done by his Puppet, PEDO.

Anybody thiink Traitor gives a shite about "America"?

And, it's not "our fault". We don't buy "Murdoch's fox shit."

But Steve Keen, Jiang Xueqin are dead on.

Thank you, Swede. ☮️💙 I have to mention again, I'm proud that my son-in-law is from Melbourne, and my grandkids from their family have dual citizenship.

Figarosmom

(13,568 posts)
12. Always disliked Steven Moore
Mon May 25, 2026, 01:05 AM
8 hrs ago

Remember him being on Bill Maher's show with his ever present smirk. Part of the reason I stopped watching Maher. Other part is Maher is stupid.

Exp

(1,029 posts)
13. The U.S. and our little bullying brother, Israel, aren't getting invited to any parties. eom
Mon May 25, 2026, 01:07 AM
8 hrs ago

La Coliniere

(2,001 posts)
15. Read this piece and it tells the truth that
Mon May 25, 2026, 07:50 AM
1 hr ago

every American needs to hear and decide how they become part of the solution, it it’s not too late…which I fear it may be.

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