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  • Okay sure but can’t you have all of that without the train?

    Imo a bunker would be a much better metaphor, especially since Ed Harris’ character believed their world was eternal (it was hard to believe it was running for that long).

    I like the director and his critique on capitalism but imo he did it wrong. Especially give that the ending…

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    …was the self destruction of humanity, given the train crashed, not anarchy.

    Imo the movie would have been semi saved if they just showed a tribe of Eskimos at the end, not a polar bear.

    That would be perfect, it would show that humanity would live on, but clearly the capitalistic system that was preserved on a train was self destructive and always meant to crash.















  • So tariffs go on consumer goods, so it’s like a consumer goods tax.

    He has said before that he likes the idea of pre income tax America where tariffs paid for a small government.

    Well, when you decrease income tax in favor of consumption tax, lower income folks tend to contribute more in that situation than rich people given how they spend most of their money on shit they need.

    So it’s a wealth transfer, kind of boring once you realize their plan comes down to: more money for the rich, like, every single time…