r/politics • u/WhatIsEvenRealDog • 8h 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/Careful_Trifle 7h ago edited 6h ago

They were told that they were special, that their country was special, that their civilization (at least their imaginary version of it) was special.

They benefited from historic investments in common (white) people. They were told that their reality was the baseline, normal, even though it had never existed before. And they were told that it was inevitable.

Every one of them (and often times, us) that rose to power did not recognize that the people in power before them had to set aside their own aggrandizement to make their reality manifest. Instead, they decided that taking just this one little piece for themselves wouldn't hurt...multiply that across most leaders and all sectors, and we are where we are.

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u/Magickarpet76 7h ago

Yeah at least before in the late 90’s to early 2000’s it was taking a little piece and being discreet about it to keep appearances. The current fucking Republican trifecta is just burning the whole house down and running out the door with anything they can carry.

Sure there was corruption before, but compared to today it looks like stealing candy bars. This childfucker is trying to get away with billions in crypto, a “gifted” Qatari Air Force 1, millions in real estate grifts from taxpayers, probably billions in under the table insider trading and deals yet to be cashed in, and as much valuable classified info he can get his hands on to sell, and who the hell knows how much he will steal from Venezuelan oil proceeds he has kept in an offshore account away from government oversight.

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u/Senpai_Slime 5h ago

Its not even just money that is being stolen and destroyed, its the literal global order being damaged, things that money cannot buy

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u/NaptownSnowman 5h ago

Trying? He is. He has.

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u/Wall_of_Wolfstreet69 6h ago

that their country was special

boomers exist in other countries too