Case in point. For a while there, after a weather disaster in Puerto Rico, it was convenient for this bully to make political points with a very ignorant base of supporters, at the expense of suffering American citizens. It was convenient for this bully because, in his supreme ignorance, Puerto Rico didn't seem to have any political, or, most importantly, economic power.
Funny thing though. Puerto Rico is where a lot of the IV bags used by hospitals are made. Woopsy! His bad.
And as bad as this could be, it only serves to illustrate how much worse other, ignorant refusals to understand complexity in a complex economic system, could be. The ones we don't know about yet, but will probably have to find out about the hard way. You know, when it's too late to do much more than lament the fact that a mean spirited bully is still in a very important office.
Just something to chew on as you count yourself lucky that you don't need an IV bag right now.
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