President says at first cabinet meeting that levies would be applied ‘generally’ and that more details would come soon
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Trump represents the decay in western capitalist society. It’s the most protruding symptom of present day societal sickness, doubling down on neoliberal failures once again. Whilst we all wonder, when the majority realise the root cause is eliminating the bourgeoisie that he belongs. This lust for money/capital has to end whichever means necessary.
My biggest worry is we are running out of time, due to our environmental problems caused by consumerism and its thirst for growth in a finite world.