• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    This is from his government, so it’s probably way worse:

    New data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Tuesday continued to show weakness in the American jobs market.

    The latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) shows that the number of new hires in February decreased to 4.8 million, which was roughly 400,000 fewer hires than were recorded in February 2025.

    The report also shows that the US hiring rate in February fell to just 3.1%, which is the lowest rate since April 2020, when the economy was shut down due to the global Covid-19 pandemic.

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      I believe it’s artificial. Companies have laid off workers to drive down wages. They’re willing to make their current employees work even harder to accomplish this goal. Suffering all around. It’s one part of the AI push; to make it seem even more like the workers aren’t needed.

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        Yeah so the key is, hit all the stupid benchmarks they follow, and don’t spend time on anything else. Simultaneously give them the best metrics they could hope for, and the worst operational outcomes.

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        It’s artificial for sure, but I’m pretty convinced it’s part of the tech bros attempting to create their feudal states. I think they’re convinced they just need a bit longer to get AI to be able to replace most workers and overplayed their hands too early this time.

        In reality, they created a large force of people who want to tear down the current model where most current jobs (which are just pushing money back and forth or supporting buying and selling in some way but not creating anything) will go away anyway. Only, they’re going to keep their autonomy and power and the tech bros will have none.

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      ya I could excuse the pussy grabbing and Epstein files and impeachment and overturning democracy and botching the covid response and working with Bibi and Putin and dividing the nation and mocking pow war heroes and disabled journalists and gold star families and so on but really, it’s seeing gas up when I pump that has really helped me connect the dots!

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        I mean… maybe?

        If you could predict these trends, you’d be fantastically wealthy. But as it stands, I’ve been living through the biggest Bull Run in history going back to 2020. Markets took off like a rocket ship after 2024.

        I’d love to believe this is where the gravy train ends. But I don’t doubt Trump’s ability to flood cheap money into the economy and keep the Big Stock Number inflating for a few more years.

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          At this point I’m pretty sure an asteroid could obliterate 95% of the US and the markets would just skyrocket even more. They’re so detatched from reality its gone from satire to sad.

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    Totally unexpected result after putting a felon child rapist in the big seat after already failing once as president.

    American conservatives once again prove they are the dumbest human beings on the planet and possibly in human history.

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    “Coming up, Carson has some tips on how to keep your car going through those three delivery gigs!”