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#bullying

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quackademic

This is simple bully tactics. Lead with ‘I have power now & I can hurt you’. Follow with ‘if you are nice to me I’ll only hurt you a bit. Anyone who resists with be punished’. Everyone is cowed & falls in line. There must always be a scapegoat to be an example to others, everyone knows that any day it could be them.

The dynamic is so familiar to anyone who experienced bullying in school. I wonder if this is how the sad man who is driving this was parented? He has clearly learned that being the one running the protection racket is the only way to be safe.

Our cultural acceptance & normalising of #bullying & #CoerciveControl in families, schools, relationships, business & governance enables these abuses.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-09/chi

ABC News · China slaps 84 per cent tariff on US goods as EU announces retaliatory leviesBy Patrick Martin
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William Lindsey :toad:

"I’ve said before that Trump does not think of policy the way most of us do, operating instead like a low-level mob boss running a protection racket. Unfortunately, a bunch of rubes decided to give him another bite at the apple, and now the entire global economy has to pay up."

~ Marlon Weems

#Trump #tariffs #mob #MobBoss #sanctions #extortion #bullying #stupidity #incompetence
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thejourneyman.substack.com/p/h

The Journeyman. · Here Comes the PainBy Marlon Weems
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William Lindsey :toad:

"The only legible purpose of the tariffs is for Trump to arrogate more power to himself: so that nations and corporate leaders and labor unions come begging him for relief, and so that he can shake them down."

~ Brian Beutler

#Trump #tariffs #mob #MobBoss #sanctions #extortion #bullying #stupidity #incompetence #Putin #PutinsPoodle
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offmessage.net/p/fighting-mean

Off Message · Fighting Means FightingBy Brian Beutler
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William Lindsey :toad:

“Vladimir Putin bet his life that American voters would be weak and decadent enough to return Donald Trump to the presidency. He was right. …

We have a deeply stupid government—from our economically illiterate president to our craven and foolish secretary of state," (continued in /4)

~ Jonathan V. Last

#Trump #tariffs #mob #MobBoss #sanctions #extortion #bullying #stupidity #incompetence #Putin #PutinsPoodle
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thebulwark.com/p/the-american-

The Bulwark · The American Age Is OverBy Jonathan V. Last
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William Lindsey :toad:

"Trump’s son Eric appeared to confirm that the tariffs are a shakedown when he posted: 'I wouldn’t want to be the last country that tries to negotiate a trade deal with [Trump]. The first to negotiate will win—the last will absolutely lose. I have seen this movie my entire life.…'”

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #tariffs #mob #MobBoss #sanctions #extortion #bullying
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heathercoxrichardson.substack.

Letters from an American · April 3, 2025By Heather Cox Richardson
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William Lindsey :toad:

"It is not at all surprising that Trump sees the appeal in sanctions. It is no different from a mob boss moving into town and sending his thugs to every business on Main Street, roughing up the proprietors and asking for protection money so they don’t get pushed out of business. … It’s a mentality fit for someone repeatedly linked to organized crime."

~ David Dayen

#Trump #tariffs #mob #MobBoss #sanctions #extortion #bullying
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prospect.org/economy/2025-04-0

The American Prospect · They’re Not Tariffs, They’re SanctionsStop trying to place coherence on a policy that’s really just a mob boss breaking legs and asking for protection money.
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Toni Aittoniemi

Wait for it: When the bully loses, they will claim victory by saying their bullying made you strong.

That’s bullshit. Because you were strong all along. The bully was just too stupid to figure it out.

Expect Trump to go this route on Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Panama, EU and Ukraine.
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