Cullen Roche

I have a complex analysis of the last 2 months:

I don't gamble. Is this good?

1K of foreign outflows shouldn't remotely worry someone with 30K of domestic income....

YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts Paul Krugman Details 'Damage Done' by Uncertainty over Tariffs

This is such a good interview with @pkrugman.bsky.social

It's sad to know that the USA has the greatest living international trade economist and no one stopped to ask him about this because of political brain rot.

youtu.be/hu9q49gBwVU?...

High USD demand is a big part of what made us so rich & so priveleged. But they think we need to crush the Dollar, make ourselves poorer so we can rebuild something that isn't broken so we can become richer. It's so crazy.

& there is no "unsustainable" trade deficit. We have $30T of domestic income, $250T of private sector assets. It's not "unsustainable" to send $1T abroad every year. That's like having $250K assets, $30K income & convincing yourself that paying your barber $1K a year puts you in financial distress.

Being the reserve currency is a privilege that benefits the USA. It's a symbol that people want Dollars. The world is clamoring to do business with us. Saying it hurts us is like Apple complaining the demand for their stock is too high & that "hurts" them b/c they can't invest at lower prices.

It's so bonkers to see the richest economy in human history saying that they're the victim of a system they built, the system that made them the richest.

YouTube video by Discipline Funds Tariffs are Bad.

Not that anyone here is confused about the most uncontroversial thing in macroeconomics, but I made a YouTube vid about tariffs if you're interested.

Tariffs are Bad.

youtu.be/M05hidniYDI

I wonder if we'll get the traditional First 100 Days accomplishments from the Prez. 🤡🤡🤡

Thanks Randy!! Hope you’re doing well.

Thanks. Enchilada sounds amazing right now. I assume that's okay since it's a 19th century food?

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So. We're doing 17th century economics and 1st century territorial expansion.

It's a good question. The only legitimate reason is for insurance in case the fiat system were to collapse.

The global reserve currency issuer doesn't need strategic reserves. Full stop.

And buying ADA, XRP and SOL is a complete misuse of taxpayer funds.

👍 A lot of us feel trapped there. We built communities for 15 years and then it got blown up. I hope this place grows and I'll try my best to be a positive part of that.

My bad. So many people called me a Nazi for using X that I'm having trouble keeping track of who thinks I'm a Nazi and who doesn't. Fun times. 😁

I appreciate this. Thanks.

That's fair. At the same time I don't find myself wanting to engage here when I post benign questions and several users call me a Nazi supporter. It's a pretty poor indication of the experience here....

This sort of petty, combative and negative mentality is exactly the sort of shit no one wants to deal with.

If you want this place to be the better place then be better.

I'd love to see this place succeed, but this ain't helping.

Honestly, it was a petty and toxic conversation. I asked how it was here and you called me a Nazi supporter. If that's indicative of the mentality on Blueksy then that really sucks. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Maybe, but the responses to this thread aren't "better than that". I have never been called a grifter or Nazi supporter in my entire life. And this thread didn't make me want to use this site at all. That might be worth remembering as you try to grow this place & welcome people in.

It's all good. Weird times. I'm not a Nazi supporter for the record. Just a guy who feels trapped on a site I invested a lot of time in before Elon came along....

I appreciate this. Thanks.

I appreciate this sincere response. Thanks.

Not scared off. But not an encouraging set of responses here. Disappointing tbh. I want to like this place....

I'm not going to shame you for using Bsky, which uses Conservative owned AWS, because that would be overreactive/unfair and I'm sure you wouldn't want to engage with people who did that sort of thing! 😘

The community is larger and more entrenched from the pre-Elon days. Franky, it's a superior information tool because of that.

People seem to think Twitter users support Elon. No. We just have a 15 year community built up.

I'd love an alternative, but the responses to this post are kinda crazy!

I have two kids under 4. Nothing can hurt me at this point.