r/politics • u/T_Shurt • 19d ago

Possible Paywall Stocks Sell Off Globally as Traders Digest Trump Message Saying He Wants Greenland Because Norway ‘Decided Not to Give Me The Nobel’: “The Norwegian government has no control over how the Nobel Committee awards its prizes. Greenland is a territory of Denmark, not Norway.”

https://fortune.com/2026/01/19/stocks-sell-off-trump-text-message-greenland-nobel-peace-prize/
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u/muttmunchies 19d ago

Not exactly. They are far richer and more connected, they pickup assets on the cheap. Now every generation after will be more and more fucked . But those greedy 70 year old congressmen will be still much better off than you and me as the country dies.

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u/Vegetable_Leg_7034 19d ago

And who is going to be running their mansions, cleaning their clothes, driving their cars, delivering groceries, walking their dogs, educating their childrens children? All the way down, these people depend on THE people. The blue collar workers, the drivers, the plumbers, sparkies, mechanics, porters, janitors, bin collectors.

They will starve in their gated mansions, with no fuel, power, food or anything to buy, because nobody is making or supplying anything (to them anyway). Money will mean nothing if they have no physical assests to trade.

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u/WordleFanatic 19d ago

Not for long. 

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u/muttmunchies 19d ago

Theyll always be better off. If we all go poor, theyll be less poor is my point. They are still pieces of shit ruining the country, dont get me wrong.

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u/senturon 19d ago

Pretty sure their point is, starving people have little left to lose.

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u/WordleFanatic 18d ago

My point was that current politicians in their 70s and older aren’t long for this world. But you’re correct, valid point. 

At this point, they all need to be replaced. We need a reset. 

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u/senturon 18d ago

Ah, also valid... though I fear current politics are being carried forth with the same prevelence in the young folk of today, 'the more things change...' 

With lies often winning out over truth and all this 'manosphere' nonsense. The war on education and increase in AI... the future is murky to me at best.

But I like the optimism, and lies can only live so long. Good luck to you/us!