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I would never watch Fox. CNN is my choice of news media on TV. Like I said above, we'll just have to wait and see, and I don't think we'll have to wait too long. Trump will be president in just over 70 days. He promised to take several consequential actions in his first few days. I'd say we'll have a better picture of all this in mid-February.

Well, Trump won the election, and now we'll just have to wait and see what kind of job he does on economic and social issues. As I said earlier, I expect the worst case in both. I hope I'm wrong,

Well, we'll just have to wait and see what it is three (or four) years from now. I expect it will grow even faster than these graphs show it has for the past six years.

Yes, and I don't see the lack of sexual arousal, both physical and mental, as a problem. The opposite of "arousing" is "calming," and calm is the way I feel most of the time now. This calm also allows me to concentrate on other things I am doing,

Are you experiencing erection issues? Yes, but that's been the case for many years now - maybe as many as 10 years. It's not a problem for me, though. I don't have any sexual arousal thoughts anymore, probably due to a reduction in my testosterone hormone.

Good luck to her. I wouldn't want to be around Musk, either. He's an anathema to me,

I'm almost 79 now, and I know what you mean. However, I didn't start feeling that way until about a year ago.

I disagree with your description of the Biden presidency. A "Demolish America" program sounds more like what the next four years will be like, but we'll all have to wait and see how that plays out. Israel and Putin want total victory, not peace. Trump's election victory, which I acknowledge, was not "humongous." It was 50.5% for Trump and 47.8% for Harris. I wouldn't refer to 2.7% as "humongous."

And what about the National Debt? No worries there?

Does this surprise anyone? 😄

Who would go to the Bahamas for a holiday and who would go to Baltimore for a holiday ? Which one of the workers would go where or a holiday ? The one who works the hardest ? You would go on whatever holiday the government could fund for you, and that would be according to your needs, not how hard you work or how much you produce.

Oh, I think that will primarily be taxes on the wealthy, but any tax cuts will hurt the economy because there will not be a corresponding cut in spending. Tax cuts will increase our national debt, which is already at $47 trillion (I think).

Well, that's a good example of a justifying capitalism - selfishness.

And who gets to decide who needs what? You would petition your needs, and the government would provide for them as best as possible.

No, in a socialist society, you would work but not earn anything. I'm currently retired (I'm 78), but when I worked, I paid a large percentage of my income. I don't remember how much, probably 35% or more. No, I'm not in favor of the Thai government taxing my income, which is mostly my Social Security payments. If Thailand had a socialist economy, I would be in favor of them collecting all my Social Security payments and any other income I earn, but then, of course, they would provide (as best they could) for my needs.

I wasn't trying to dodge any of your questions. I'll try to answer more directly this time, If I had a hamburger stand in a capitalistic economy that did not sell enough burgers to pay the bills, I'd probably try to add other things to the menu and open up a different business. But raising the price, IMO, is not going to help. If I had a hamburger stand in a socialist economy, I would have no bills, so the number of burgers given away (not sold) wouldn't matter - except if not many people wanted them, I would probably try to do the same as above - add to the menu or do something different with my time to add to the national assets.

I'm sad to say I think you're right. I'm not even sure he'd have been sentenced to prison if he'd lost the election, but I do think he should be put there.

Yes, that is exactly the ideology of capitalism. It's based on greed. So, if you want to reward and promote greed, you can certainly do so by promoting capitalism.

I agree the USA has a spending problem. And that has resulted in a $47 trillion debt. So, revenue to start paying that off is also a problem. That's my non-accountant view of it anyway,

Yes, it's selfish to want to keep the fruits of your labor when others are in need. But that's what capitalism is all about. It would be selfless for the government to take all the fruits from those who have grown them and distribute them to everyone according to their needs. That's what socialism is all about.

I do still have hope, but I am ready to cope.

Among other things, he will impose tariffs, which will increase prices and lower taxes on the wealthy (and maybe the general public), which will keep increasing our national debt, which is now about $47 trillion.

When found guilty of 34 felony counts, and considering he's now the president-elect, I'd say one year in prison for each count would be sufficient.

No, that's certainly not the case. When the US benefits, some other country loses. That's what capitalism is all about. When energy production is high, so is pollution and the growing threat of climate change.

You say that like it’s a bad thing… but more money and easier lifestyle is what the vast majority of rational human beings on the planet aspire to. Are we supposed to instead aspire to misery? No, not misery, but more comfort for all. "More money and an easier lifestyle" are selfish goals of capitalists. More comfort for all is the goal of socialists like me.