H. John Tran
@johnhtran.bsky.social
Mapping collapse. Designing what replaces it.
A civic operating system for the next civilization — resilient, human, unbreakable.
A civic operating system for the next civilization — resilient, human, unbreakable.
The new promise: any “leftover” money from the $2,000 tariff checks will pay down the national debt.
But tariffs raise prices at home, shrink trade, and slow growth.
You can’t fund relief by taxing consumption and call it discipline.
That’s not reform - it’s theater for a collapsing economy.
But tariffs raise prices at home, shrink trade, and slow growth.
You can’t fund relief by taxing consumption and call it discipline.
That’s not reform - it’s theater for a collapsing economy.
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The new promise: any “leftover” money from the $2,000 tariff checks will pay down the national debt.
But tariffs raise prices at home, shrink trade, and slow growth.
You can’t fund relief by taxing consumption and call it discipline.
That’s not reform - it’s theater for a collapsing economy.
But tariffs raise prices at home, shrink trade, and slow growth.
You can’t fund relief by taxing consumption and call it discipline.
That’s not reform - it’s theater for a collapsing economy.
On point! The slowdown always shows up on the ground first - empty roads, quiet stores, fewer hands moving. The reports come later, when the damage is already lived.
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
On point! The slowdown always shows up on the ground first - empty roads, quiet stores, fewer hands moving. The reports come later, when the damage is already lived.
Wages are up on paper, but it’s mostly at the top.
For everyone else, the basics - food, rent, insurance - erased the gains.
The numbers say “growth.” The lives underneath say “decline.”
For everyone else, the basics - food, rent, insurance - erased the gains.
The numbers say “growth.” The lives underneath say “decline.”
November 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Wages are up on paper, but it’s mostly at the top.
For everyone else, the basics - food, rent, insurance - erased the gains.
The numbers say “growth.” The lives underneath say “decline.”
For everyone else, the basics - food, rent, insurance - erased the gains.
The numbers say “growth.” The lives underneath say “decline.”
It’s less about which planes take off first, more about how the system keeps everyone grounded.
November 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It’s less about which planes take off first, more about how the system keeps everyone grounded.
I get it - it is a milestone worth celebrating.
But power shifts don’t rebuild systems.
Voting is how we signal what we want.
Building is how we make sure it lasts.
But power shifts don’t rebuild systems.
Voting is how we signal what we want.
Building is how we make sure it lasts.
November 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I get it - it is a milestone worth celebrating.
But power shifts don’t rebuild systems.
Voting is how we signal what we want.
Building is how we make sure it lasts.
But power shifts don’t rebuild systems.
Voting is how we signal what we want.
Building is how we make sure it lasts.