Cliff Harris (Cliffski)
@cliffharris.bsky.social
Owner of Positech Games. Coder of Democracy, Gratuitous Space Battles etc blog: http://cliffski.com. Built a solar farm. Ex heavy metal guitarist & teacher. Cat owner. Making Ridiculous Space Battles!
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I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
November 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The US market is hugely propped up by Nvidia and 3 or 4 other big tech stocks. without them, the S&P500 is doing quite badly. For fairly obvious reasons :D.
November 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The US market is hugely propped up by Nvidia and 3 or 4 other big tech stocks. without them, the S&P500 is doing quite badly. For fairly obvious reasons :D.
Yup, definitely now. Only US stocks I have are tech ones, NVDA and ACMR, Zoom and 1 biotech one. Nothing consumer or industrial. Steadily heading towards zero US stocks. They are a tech/industrial dead end.
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Yup, definitely now. Only US stocks I have are tech ones, NVDA and ACMR, Zoom and 1 biotech one. Nothing consumer or industrial. Steadily heading towards zero US stocks. They are a tech/industrial dead end.
Actually thinking about only releasing my game on the epic store, or Humble, because I'm not dealing with this bollocks. Its only a labour of love anyway.
November 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Actually thinking about only releasing my game on the epic store, or Humble, because I'm not dealing with this bollocks. Its only a labour of love anyway.
Ha, its so hard to play against your instincts. Except as Japan, then its 'OMG cancel everything, the debt is killing us', regardless of ideology :D.
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Ha, its so hard to play against your instincts. Except as Japan, then its 'OMG cancel everything, the debt is killing us', regardless of ideology :D.
You should give this a try, if you like these scenarios :D
positech.co.uk/democracy4/
(disclaimer: I'm the developer)
positech.co.uk/democracy4/
(disclaimer: I'm the developer)
Democracy 4 - The ultimate political strategy game
Developers of original downloadable PC games such as the political simulation game - Democracy, Kudos, Gratuitous Space Battles, Production Line, Big Pharma and Shadowhand
positech.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
You should give this a try, if you like these scenarios :D
positech.co.uk/democracy4/
(disclaimer: I'm the developer)
positech.co.uk/democracy4/
(disclaimer: I'm the developer)
I actually think Starmer needs to go now, and I have lost faith in Rachel Reeves. They need a leader who actually knows how to lead, and tell farage/trump etc where they can fuck off to. Starmer should be running a branch of Sainsbury's, not the UK. He hasn't got the confidence for it.
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I actually think Starmer needs to go now, and I have lost faith in Rachel Reeves. They need a leader who actually knows how to lead, and tell farage/trump etc where they can fuck off to. Starmer should be running a branch of Sainsbury's, not the UK. He hasn't got the confidence for it.
Our country has SEVEN parties, but the electoral system now randomly picks one of 3 of them to become all-powerful rulers. Its bullshit, but they are too cowardly to fix it. And there is nothing to stop fascist billionaire ketamine addicts giving 'tommy robinson' a billion pounds.
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Our country has SEVEN parties, but the electoral system now randomly picks one of 3 of them to become all-powerful rulers. Its bullshit, but they are too cowardly to fix it. And there is nothing to stop fascist billionaire ketamine addicts giving 'tommy robinson' a billion pounds.
And the complete shambles of the last few months makes me think they simply do not have the fucking balls to do ANYTHING about electoral reform or re-joining the EU. Not even a customs union. Two really fucking obvious things that need doing.
Probably not even investigations on party funding.
Probably not even investigations on party funding.
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
And the complete shambles of the last few months makes me think they simply do not have the fucking balls to do ANYTHING about electoral reform or re-joining the EU. Not even a customs union. Two really fucking obvious things that need doing.
Probably not even investigations on party funding.
Probably not even investigations on party funding.
Current UK economic policy is so bizarre its like donald trump thinking about what to do, but then checking that bernie sanders wont be upset before he actually signs anything. You don't have to keep the people on the political fringes happy. Thats not how politics works!
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Current UK economic policy is so bizarre its like donald trump thinking about what to do, but then checking that bernie sanders wont be upset before he actually signs anything. You don't have to keep the people on the political fringes happy. Thats not how politics works!