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Re:Why Europe Is Warning of Pax Americana's End by jerf on Monday February 13, 2017 @09:21AM (#13635340)
That's moving the goalposts. Nothing about what you said makes it the result of Trump's administration.

Also, might I just point out the irony of accusing people of being "anti-intellectual" in reaction to the financial crisis that is precisely the one the intellectuals promised us could never possibly happen under their guidance, and were mocking people for even considering it possible right up to the day it happened. How rational is it to belief false things simply because they carry the label "intellectual"?

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Re:Why Europe Is Warning of Pax Americana's End by bad_user on Monday February 13, 2017 @09:35AM (#13635458)
It's not moving the goalposts, I was just noticing the global trend that links Brexit, Trump and possibly other upcoming events like Le Pen.

> the intellectuals promised us could never possibly happen under their guidance, and were mocking people for even considering it possible right up to the day it happened

Well, source please. Not that I don't believe you, but don't remember the deriding or the predictions you're mentioning and it's actually really hard to predict a financial crisis, being dangerous to put a break on the economy based on speculations.

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Re:Why Europe Is Warning of Pax Americana's End by mcguire on Monday February 13, 2017 @11:28AM (#13636491)
Check out Debunking Economics. It's kind of a horrible book, but the economic arguments seem sound and are very interesting.
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