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The irony is that Ben Stein is in the MAGA cult now.

It's pretty well known outside of Ferris Bueller's circles that Smoot-Hawley threw the U.S into an isolationist position that drove us straight into the Great Depression after the crash of 1929. I expect we'll be seeing bank runs soon...

The students eyes glazing over in high school history, civics and economics was a realistic detail and after 50+ years of pablum education, a major reason why we have the regime we have today.

All those numbnut-teenagers group to be trump voters.

🤔 "Comrade Vladimir is backing my plan! This will peel off America's allies from the US. He's says standing alone in the world is a sign of real Manhood! And make America Great Again--for Russian and China! I'm gonna get that Moscow Trump Tower Project yet!" substack.com/redirect/ef4...

That movie has so many good life lessons.

Haha!! This is exactly what I think about every time I hear “tariffs” 😄

This time it will be different - MAGAland

This was one of the factor. Corruption in the banks was another. This is just madness.

Key phrase "passed by congress" not done by executive order :-(

Voodoo economics

Yep, he drank every drop of that Kool-Aid.

How can dogs eat scraps, if there are no scraps.

Fun fact: the original name name for trickle-down economics was "horse-and-sparrow economics," suggestive of the fact that if you feed a horse enough oats, some will eventually pass through for the sparrows to eat some from out of the horse’s shit.

Ben Stein came up with that dialog himself, IIRC. In recent years he became a RW media crank. So I wonder if he's gilding the turd for Trump/MAGA on tariffs or still holds to this interpretation.

Perfect picture of MAGA when they were young

* The dead-letter-literal-interpretation of the Bible, white nationalists, evangelical Christian fundamentalists elected the Antichrist that they have been warning about for years, their lord and savior Donald Trump. The Christian fundamentalists elected the anti-Christ President. *

So when he said make America great, he really meant a Great Depression.

The expressions on the students' faces? Priceless.

I agree with Dave www.youtube.com/watch?v=inlD...

Yep.

NPR Marketplace did a whole thing on it a few months back. www.marketplace.org/shows/make-m...

Just posted this myself. Saw on the view

I still maintain our current Press Secretary is auditioning for the part of Simone in a Ferris reboot, and doing it daily.

I saw this a while ago I love it . The kids look like there a bunch of MAGA and it going over there head .

Thanks Trump

The Wicked Witch in the White House

"Anyone, anyone" reminds me of Rocky Horror "antici.. .pation".

But that was coming from a Conservative who didn't agree with any government intervention in the Free Market so Ben's speech was a little biased.

I am so proud and happy that you are from Illinois. Your choice to put country over party says so much good about yourself. Thank you for your service to our country.You’re cool.😁🇺🇸🇺🇦

Bueller ...Bueller.....Bueller....🙂🤣🤣

Sorry, that movie is way too advanced for Don to understand. Maybe if they did the Hawley-Smoot act as a porn he could understand.

Trump's 1st 100 days goals in no particular order: frustrate US alliances, sully the US international image, collapse US Federal government, crater the US economy, kindle illness & death, undermine science & critical thinking skills, foment civil war, if possible, leave US in ashes for generations.

Ironically this dude is an anyone?

Hilarious and so timely! I seem to remember the actor wrote speeches for Nixon. Ben something right? Maybe Ben Stein? Excellent that he would give us this lesson against someone who sometimes claims to be a Republican. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

I’m pretty deeply depressed right now!

Not only in Ferris Buelers but also in history learned. “Economists and economic historians have agreed that the passage of the Smoot–Hawley Tariff worsened the effects of the Great Depression.”

Priceless❗️ I’ve seen this movie so many times❗️ Even stood in front of La Grande Jatte in Chicago ❗️🖼️ 💜 I didn’t remember this scene. Lol

Congress must act. They can end this.

Trump's lies about "tariffs will not hurt the economy" are now exposed as the stock market crash begins!

My Gen X brothers and sister, many of us have failed our kids by sleeping through history class. We need to do better.

😆

Donald doesn't have the attention span to watch a....oh a squirrel.

That certainly true. But the actual depression is not quite here yet.

Too bad Trump and Lutnick didn't watch that great movie from my woke youth.

We will ALL be nostalgic for Bidenionics very very soon if not already! Sadly, this is so self-inflicted based on completely debunked economic “theory “

The depth of dishonor and failure of the current POTUS, VP and minions has no bottom. A stain on their honor, their families, their party, their communities and our nation. We elected a convicted felon with a lifetime record of dishonor, bankruptcies and failed relationships. Now their tyranny. sad!

Smoot-Hawley

Yes and they will do the same today., cbwrong.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-a...

Trump’s tariffs will … anyone, anyone?… raise costs to … anyone, anyone?….

Guns don't kill people...Tariffs do!!!!!

I suspect this is how most Americans know what a tariff is

Help Spread the Word!!!! www.firetrumpsaveamerica.com

Anyone....anyone?

The irony is that the felon's Bedminster Golf property is the former home of John DeLorean.

How did you acquire footage of Trump's Council of Economic Advisers in high school?

Not a perfect clip, but good enough: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YtL...

This means Trump thinks he is smarter than every other president except Herbert Hoover .

The kids in that classroom are Generation X. Those blank stares and uninterested faces are today’s trump voters. They lived through Reagan ending the Soviet Union, so the republicans they knew growing up were the good guys. Now they just listen to their parents (baby boomers) and vote for trump…

Yes.

I’m going with this having as good a chance as anything to convince the MAGA rubes that they have made a terrible mistake.

At this point, as someone well versed in economics, I sincerely hope he's off the MAGA train, even if he's hesitant to admit it publicly.

This is of course after he his stupid ass voted for Trump in 2016

He used to be on Kudlow’s CNBC show all the time. They were buddies, so ya know…

Anyone, anyone... directed at idiotic MAGA, Trump supporters. Dumbasses for voting for a dictator that is going to cause in the very least a major recession.

They teach tariffs as a joke in econ class. Stupid policy. Especially to think of the largest economy in the world trying to use them vs a small fledgling country. Us doing it is just choking global trade.

He never had any intention of lowering prices. He never developed any policies to lower prices. It was just a line for the rally crowds. It was just a lie.

Flags at the Reagan Library should be flying half-staff today.

I just googled how old you are because you posted this. Older than you look. Just a huge fan of Gen X/ 80s culture

Of course MAGA would say this is just something made up for a movie, when it actually is 100% accurate.

See this is what happens when people no longer watch the classics.

Bueller, Bueller updated to Trump, Trump? We know he must have skipped classes since he won't let anyone release his grades - at ANY level. Insecure idiot.

Yes? Not understanding is the problem when citizens forget their social studies, civics and ethics classes. FL doing their part to help - approving child labor so kids have less time for school and studies.

Bueller?

Bessemer knows better…what is going on with him capitulating to this???

This is Abuse of power. Congress needs to intervene. Primaries should be the least of their problems

This is great. Totally forgot this scene except the "anyone, anyone?" Love it Adam! 🤣😂

omfg! ❤️😂 I love that this clip is being passed around! Thank you, Adam! -Jese

Of course they did

I guess that was TV Donny the Cheetos champion didn’t watch.

The expressions are priceless 😂

@adamkinzinger.bsky.social Best part of the video are the students' faces. Zoned out, not paying attention, clueless, and without a care. Little did we know they’d grow up to be MAGA. If they’d paid attention in history class, maybe they could’ve stopped it. Nah, they were always gonna screw it up.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social aced it when he mentioned this yesterday. I never thought I’d live to see this movie predict the future. But here we are. /tips hat. 🎩

Almost too sad to be funny

I really wish the message today was more unified around “let your republican senator know you don’t want these tariffs.” They can stop this. They can say there’s not a national emergency. They can block the tariffs. This needs to fall on their shoulders.

Bueller??? Bueller???

Perfect! 😁🤣

According to a web search, Josh Hawley is related to the Hawley in the Hawley/Smoot tariff plan.

Buehler....? Anyone...?!!

Unlike Trump, who ruined a strong, growing, vibrant economy all by himself. Worst President in History!

Trending yet? #boycottUSA

I watched a movie the other night. Not a very good development but, very disturbing. The title is ‘civil war’ made in 2024. Must watch. I believe if Trump doesn’t go, it’s the future that awaits the US. Since I watched it, I am more convinced then ever, Trump must go now. Willingly or by force

We could all use a day off.

Anyone??!!!

Those kids grew up and voted for the idiot president we have now.

25th Amendment? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Let’s hope it is political suicide

Something "DOO" economics. "VOODOO" economics.

Dude. Great throwback!

Question for the Microsoft CoPilot AI engine: "What percentage loss occurred for the stock market between its 1929 peak and its minimum during the great depression?" Answer: The stock market experienced a staggering loss of 89% during the Great Depression.

Very likely, that's the point. The US is going down the shitter real quick

Nice Gen X reference. Where we first learned about tariffs. 😂

MAGA has a new slogan...

John Hughes TRIED to keep us educated...

ah but history never repeats itself exactly the same way. It could be worse now.

The students were future MAGA - they just didn't know it at the time

Democrat politicians explaining things to voters?

That’s probably where he got the idea for tariffs?

Bueller... Bueller... Bueller... Bueller... Bueller... Bueller... Bueller... Bueller... Bueller... Bueller... Bueller... Bueller... Bueller... Bueller... Bueller... Bueller... Bueller... Bueller...

Darn. I swear I was watching this movie 2 days ago. I was having deja vu today. "Did it work?, ... No "

Funny, the classroom full of MAGA dopes ! Ferris Bueller was on to something…..