People are saying this is important. It doesn’t feel very important to me.
People are saying it’s going to trigger economic crises and blah-blah, whatever.
Maybe. Who knows?
People whining about “the economy” is tiresome.
I really only care about crypto markets. I don’t buy things and I live in a guesthouse for free. I don’t buy imported food or plastic PFAS “let’s make this baby a faggot already” diapers. “The economy” has no effect on me. I feel for others, I’m sure. But not enough to actually get upset about “the economy.”
Shit sucks, I’m sure. But maybe people should recognize that this is the most materially abundant period in all of human history, that this is one of the singular benefits of the age we live in, and just relax.
I mean, do you people know who Asmongold is? He’s a streamer who probably has $40 million, he still lives in his mom’s house, because all he wants to do is sit around and play video games anyway. I’m not saying you should just play video games all day, but if you’re worried about material things in the current year, you’re doing something wrong.
Obviously, nothing is fair, and we all deserve much more than we’re getting. But it is what it is, you know? If you’re not a heavy cocaine user and you don’t have some woman demanding designer bags, you should be clever enough to make things work. Just do what you want to do. Things will work out. Nothing ever happens anyway.
Unionized dockworkers at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports began a strike Monday that will affect the flow of goods through ports that handle about half of seaborne trade to the U.S. and could have an impact on food prices.
Ports affected by the International Longshoremen’s Association strike are key hubs for food imports from places like South America and Central America. For example, about two-thirds of bananas arrive at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports.
Oh, man.
Not the bananas.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a statement Tuesday saying it doesn’t anticipate food prices will be significantly affected by the port strike in the near term.
Anti-robot fat squad assembles
“Our analysis shows we should not expect significant changes to food prices or availability in the near term,” the USDA said. “Thanks to the typically smooth movement through the ports of goods, and our strong domestic agricultural production, we do not expect shortages anytime in the near future for most items. Likewise, non-containerized bulk export shipments, including grains, would be unaffected by this strike.
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Alexander Field, an economics professor at Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business, told FOX Business perishable food items would be among the sensitive categories of products to price increases or shortages due to the strike.
“If there is an impact … it will be on perishables, perishable food — that being the immediate one as opposed to some of the other categories such as cars and trucks, machinery, furniture, clothes, etc.,” Field said.
“But if the strike endures, that can happen, and that will produce shortages. The shortages will produce upward pressure on prices, which means the inflation rate rises. And if it continues, it has the potential to push up the unemployment rate and slow the growth of GDP.”
Volodymyr Babich, professor of operations and analytics at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, told FOX Business, “Retailers typically hold inventory that can help them manage short-term disruptions. However, most do not have sufficient stock to meet demand for an extended period, especially over several weeks. This is particularly true for perishable items, such as bananas, which have a limited shelf life.”
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“A prolonged disruption at U.S. ports, both due to the strike and the congestion that will follow, could send shockwaves through global supply chains. We may see opportunistic price increases by some retailers, panic buying and hoarding by both businesses and consumers, even for products that are not directly impacted by the strike,” Babich said.
“Rockefeller was right about unions” may sound like a shock humor statement, but when you see these obese peasants whining with their signs, it does seem like it would be better if some robber baron hired thugs to go machine gun them.
The labor system isn’t fair, and the way the rich have consolidated wealth is a total disaster for the entire planet, so maybe I should have more sympathy.
Maybe living like a monk for my entire adult life has left me jaded and incapable of caring about the material desires of my fellow man, who I view as whiny and pathetic subhuman husks.
I respect ambition or stoicism in men. Other dispositions I find repulsive and personally offensive.
Lives of no consequence led by entitled people appear to intrude on me, physically and spiritually.
I compare these beastly dockworkers to similar peasants, in Russia or Vietnam for example, men who do their jobs with a stiff upper lip aided by a stiff drink and don’t go around whining.
The parasites will be excited when they’re dead.
That’s the only excitement that will ever be associated with fat commie dockworkers who hate robots and demand Luddite policies so they can maintain their menial labor. They were never excited and they never caused excitement in anyone else.
Either send in a private army to machine gun them all or just give them what they want.
Or just tell people they can’t have bananas.
It doesn’t really matter to me.