Mia Wong

Because for a long time, right, if you were going to run the capitalist economy in a functional way, the only thing you could possibly do was run it the way it had already been set up because there were so many structural factors about how the system of production works that this is the only way you could run it and still, like, have the economy not explode.

Because for a long time, right, if you were going to run the capitalist economy in a functional way, the only thing you could possibly do was run it the way it had already been set up because there were so many structural factors about how the system of production works that this is the only way you could run it and still, like, have the economy not explode.

Because for a long time, right, if you were going to run the capitalist economy in a functional way, the only thing you could possibly do was run it the way it had already been set up because there were so many structural factors about how the system of production works that this is the only way you could run it and still, like, have the economy not explode.

But now, we have finally produced a group of men so stupid that they are unconstrained by the structural limits of the economy. And this is where we get into the LeBron of turf tariffs that we're on right now. And we get into something that is very important to understand about this, which is that this shit is not about economics. Right.

But now, we have finally produced a group of men so stupid that they are unconstrained by the structural limits of the economy. And this is where we get into the LeBron of turf tariffs that we're on right now. And we get into something that is very important to understand about this, which is that this shit is not about economics. Right.

But now, we have finally produced a group of men so stupid that they are unconstrained by the structural limits of the economy. And this is where we get into the LeBron of turf tariffs that we're on right now. And we get into something that is very important to understand about this, which is that this shit is not about economics. Right.

In a sense that you or I will understand that this is none of this stuff is about like we want the economy to grow. It's this is not something that like. really any of the major sectors of capital want because it is just nuking this whole thing and this is why you've seen a split between even Elon Musk has like openly criticized the trade policy even if he's been sort of hedging it

In a sense that you or I will understand that this is none of this stuff is about like we want the economy to grow. It's this is not something that like. really any of the major sectors of capital want because it is just nuking this whole thing and this is why you've seen a split between even Elon Musk has like openly criticized the trade policy even if he's been sort of hedging it

In a sense that you or I will understand that this is none of this stuff is about like we want the economy to grow. It's this is not something that like. really any of the major sectors of capital want because it is just nuking this whole thing and this is why you've seen a split between even Elon Musk has like openly criticized the trade policy even if he's been sort of hedging it

What we've been seeing is this widening rift, and we talked about this in the last Executive Disorder, where, like, different factions of the Trump administration were literally trying to, like, isolate Trump from, like, Navarro, who's the guy who wants to do all of the tariff bullshit.

What we've been seeing is this widening rift, and we talked about this in the last Executive Disorder, where, like, different factions of the Trump administration were literally trying to, like, isolate Trump from, like, Navarro, who's the guy who wants to do all of the tariff bullshit.

What we've been seeing is this widening rift, and we talked about this in the last Executive Disorder, where, like, different factions of the Trump administration were literally trying to, like, isolate Trump from, like, Navarro, who's the guy who wants to do all of the tariff bullshit.

They've been, you know, literally trying to get him alone in a room so that they can implement their trade policy. But the actual underlying urge here is completely ideological, right? It is this idea that, like... If you run a trade deficit with a country, or if you are buying things from a country, they are ripping you off, and you always need to be selling more things than you're buying?

They've been, you know, literally trying to get him alone in a room so that they can implement their trade policy. But the actual underlying urge here is completely ideological, right? It is this idea that, like... If you run a trade deficit with a country, or if you are buying things from a country, they are ripping you off, and you always need to be selling more things than you're buying?

They've been, you know, literally trying to get him alone in a room so that they can implement their trade policy. But the actual underlying urge here is completely ideological, right? It is this idea that, like... If you run a trade deficit with a country, or if you are buying things from a country, they are ripping you off, and you always need to be selling more things than you're buying?

Which is just, like... So, okay, on one level, like, this is just so fucking nonsense that, like, attempting to explain why it's bullshit is kind of pointless. But we're gonna do it anyways, because someone fucking has to, somewhere. And this actually does also reveal something about the way that money has always worked under these systems.

Which is just, like... So, okay, on one level, like, this is just so fucking nonsense that, like, attempting to explain why it's bullshit is kind of pointless. But we're gonna do it anyways, because someone fucking has to, somewhere. And this actually does also reveal something about the way that money has always worked under these systems.

Which is just, like... So, okay, on one level, like, this is just so fucking nonsense that, like, attempting to explain why it's bullshit is kind of pointless. But we're gonna do it anyways, because someone fucking has to, somewhere. And this actually does also reveal something about the way that money has always worked under these systems.

Okay, so before we get to what this is going to do to the entire world economy, we need to talk about... Garrison, do you know what balance of payments is? That sounds like something I would ask my accountant about. Yeah, so this is technically an accounting thing, right? But the balance of payments of a country, it is like a leisure thing, right? But it's the measure of their accounts, right?

Okay, so before we get to what this is going to do to the entire world economy, we need to talk about... Garrison, do you know what balance of payments is? That sounds like something I would ask my accountant about. Yeah, so this is technically an accounting thing, right? But the balance of payments of a country, it is like a leisure thing, right? But it's the measure of their accounts, right?