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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 74 points 2 months ago (6 children)

The deal would “guarantee access to additional capital, if necessary, to pursue big strategic opportunities as we look to build out our portfolio by acquiring assets and technologies in the Patriot economy,” Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes said in a July 3 press release

wtf is 'the patriot economy'??

[–] aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 97 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The economy of selling worthless things to cult members.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I recently approached a friend asking that they seriously consider whether we would have moral issues against getting in on the grift. There was that asshole who sold patriot beer for a huge, shitty markup when the budweiser thing happened. It wasn't even good beer. I said that we could put in incredibly little effort and make money off these rubes. My logic was that they were going to purchase stupid products like that anyway, so why not get their money ourselves.

We went back and forth on it. We concluded that we'd only create products that 1. did no harm to marginalized groups and 2. would end up leading cultists to tell on themselves. We agreed to let the idea percolate to see if we thought there were good opportunities worth our time.

An example of telling on themselves might be a tshirt that says, "Guess I'm deplorable," if it were 2016. We kicked around some contemporary phrasing. Nothing has been worth making the effort, so far.

[–] figjam@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

I briefly considered doing the same. Ultimately I decided I didn't want to take advantage of other poor people. Yes, they were probably going to spend their money anyway but I would have trouble sleeping for being part of the problem. You do you tho. I ain't telling no one how to live

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 43 points 2 months ago

wtf is 'the patriot economy'??

Suckers.

'Patriot economy' just tested better in focus groups.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Honestly, I think this is just a call for all Trump fans to do with this stock what Reddit did with Game stop. Buy and hold until Trump can legally sell his shares and burn the stock to the ground.

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 16 points 2 months ago

“The patriot economy” = laundering Russian and Saudi money

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The Patriot economy is that made of the true, red-blooded Americans.

https://youtu.be/hYTQ7__NNDI

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

They are rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and Methodists.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

So, cunts and Methodists?

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

Where the white women at?

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Could you repeat that, Sir?

[–] Bumblefumble@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

I'm more interested in wtf is a "Devin Nunes"?? Almost gives me cow vibes, but idk.