I’m a bit confused why capitalists support Trump when he plans on doing stuff that I think would destroy the economy. Thinking of mass deportations and high, broad tarrifs.
I’m not sure if:
- They just don’t care because they have enough wealth to weather anything.
- They don’t think Trump will actually do these things.
- They’re dumb and think it won’t hurt the economy.
- They plan on trading wealth for more direct power. I.e. becoming oligarchs.
- They have other ideologies (racism, Ayn Rand-ism, accelerationism, Dark Enlightenment, etc) that they prioritize higher than obtaining as much wealth as possible.
Or maybe some combination of the above, or something else entirely.
Edit: by “capitalists,” I mean the “elite” like Musk and his other billionaire donors. But I guess it’s a good question for smaller donors as well.
Capitalists are parasites who feed off of crises. Look no further than the COVID-19 pandemic, where the economy faltered and yet the ultra wealthy made record profits. These are not sane people interested in long-term sustainability, they’re egotistical psychopaths addicted to gambling, and their tokens are human lives.