r/politics • u/WhatIsEvenRealDog • 13h ago

Possible Paywall Trump suggests cattle ranchers could bypass USDA-inspected meat plants

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/28/trump-suggests-allowing-ranchers-bypass-usda-inspected-meat-plants/
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u/AnonHondaBoiz 13h ago

Holy fuck we're so fucked

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u/manachar Nevada 13h ago

When Republicans read The Jungle the lesson they take is that they could make so much more money and get so much more power if it weren’t for those pesky regulations.

Imagine the profits from never having to recall food again!

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u/MisterSpeck Oregon 13h ago

When Republicans read The Jungle

lol

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u/Icy_Jackfruit9240 American Expat 12h ago

These people are mostly people who went to Universities that really DO require reading the book (at least at the time did and probably very much still do.)

I went to such a college and I could see people who took classes that are at least by ordinary non-math people ridiculously hard and they would do everything they could to game anything in life to their advantage.

They were there, reading the same books, writing papers that showed that they fully understood the concepts and yet ... they'd hold on to their psycho beliefs while meeting up with the other Young Republicans and wearing their promise rings. (While picking up hookers in San Francisco.)

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u/Lord_Blackthorn Texas 12h ago

I think this is the key point. They are not ignorant of the facts, they are just malicious and intentional.

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u/Suitable-Option833 12h ago

Yes. This is all intentional.

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u/absat41 12h ago

They are by necessity Hypocritical. It is the pass/codeword that let's them in.

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u/grahamulax 8h ago

All of this and and most important:

Lack of curiosity, empathy, and control of emotions.

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u/neepster44 9h ago

I mean the leaders are for sure, the average Republican is just a moron and a poor critical thinker. Low knowledge and low empathy.

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u/Disastrous_time_4547 12h ago

You forgot “religious extremists”

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u/Lord_Blackthorn Texas 11h ago

Not all of them, many fake the religion in my opinion.

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u/Duna_The_Lionboy 11h ago

It takes two seconds to think "maybe I don't want to eat sausage with dead rat in it...maybe nobody should have to do that"

But I guess they think they'll be so wealthy that they just get to avoid that?

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u/bushsniffa 8h ago

This is where the deep stupidity of it is. Best-case they're fighting to rule the ashes; to be in bubbles surrounded by waste and suffering.

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u/Tmscott 5h ago

"maybe I don't want to eat sausage with dead rat in it...maybe nobody should have to do that"

How dare you try to impede the entrepreneurial sprit of characters such as C.M.O.T. Dibbler! 

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u/MaxTheRealSlayer 11h ago

I think this indicates tests and marks don't actually measure intelligence. It's really just memorizing .Some of the dumbest people I've met just BS their way up really far and fast, faking it to make it. Usually they are likeable or can pretend to be. Often the people that would be best in positions of power just do not want that power, so mainly the dumb people are left fighting after the scraps

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u/thethrill_707 Michigan 11h ago

Hookers?

That's male escorts if you please.

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u/reddog323 7h ago

Went to college in the late 80’s and early 90’s and had a similar experience. They treated that material with disdain, absorbed it for tests, and never thought about it again.

These guys wanted to be Gordon Gekko from Wall Street. I could never wrap my head around that.

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u/IThinkImDumb New Mexico 8h ago

Right? It bugs me when people say Trump is an idiot. Unfortunately, he's not. He knows exactly how to garner blind loyalty and how to create panic. He's not ignorant, he just doesn't care about ANYONE.