(Given that, after of the re-election of the Orange Tyrant, it was actually "word of the year" for @economist.com in 2024, perhaps I'm just too insular in my news consumption?)
Translated: Uninhibited moron who needlessly started the latest round in decades-long fight between implacable foes begs for them to knock it off as realisation dawns that a painful "forever war" is annihilating his polling.
... And that's *before* we factor in the externalities (CO2, pollution, production deaths) which a true free marketeer always should.
The idea the #RepublicanParty stands up for market economics and consumer capitalism is deader than ever. When it comes to energy, they're in defiance of fiscal gravity and venerating kWh price tags that haven't been qualitatively true in years. #RonaldReagan would be spinning in his grave.
Onion headline: UK To Create New Wildlife Refugia For Select Threatened Species In Banknotes ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...