I’m curious why Marketwatch used Stan Lee for the illustration of this story.

Wonder if they even knew it was Stan Lee? Because that’s definitely not an economist — no, it’s someone with actual talents and skills to contribute to the world.

I’m not so exorcised over the supposed end of democracy in this country caused by Trumpism because democracy had already ended a long while ago de facto.

Most objections to Trump stem from that he’s louche and uncouth and visibly unprincipled rather than any specific actions.

If this were not the case, pseudo-liberals would have been just as strenuously and vociferously objecting to many Obama actions that merited in their view nary a response.

We already lived in a neo-fascist pretend democracy. Trump just put an orange pouty face on it.

I know it’s not on offer, but if it were, I’d gladly cut my pay in half for universal health care, a $20 minimum wage, real unions having a say again, and UBI.

I know, I know: fairies and unicorns and princesses.

But the thing is, the 40-hour-work week, a minimum wage and Social Security all were at one time also fairies and unicorns and princesses.

Don’t believe that, read some goddamn history for once.