Both Smith and Wesson and Netflix are up more than 800% over the past 5 years — making them the two biggest equity winners during the Obama regime. No man has sold more guns than Obama.
Back in the 3rd quarter of 2011, Smith and Wesson did $92m in sales. Now they’re doing more than $200m, enjoying 40% year over year revenue growth. When Americans aren’t planning for armed revolt against their government, they’re learning about them by watching House of Cards on Netflix.
In the 3rd quarter of 2011, Netflix did $821 in sales. Now they’re doing upwards of $2.2b per quarter — growing at a 30% clip.
What can we deduce from all of this bullshit?
People thought Obama was the Manchurian candidate. They fashioned him to be a communist agitator and then an Islamic soldier, whose main goal was to raid the homes of Americans and seize their weapons. Because of this fear, people went out in droves and bought guns. The counter conspiracy theory here is Obama clandestinely wanted to arm Americans to the fucking teeth, in order to fend off a future threat. Or, he wasn’t all that conniving and simply spewed out leftist rhetoric, which resulted in a reflexive republic buying more guns to protect against a shadow enemy.
The Netflix explanation is more direct. We’ve been saddled with a millennial generation who have scrambled eggs for brains. Instead of sitting by the fireside to read the classics, learning about human history, they drone on all day and night watching youtube videos and Netflix programming.
There’s a divergence of ideals taking place across America — where urbanites sashay in and out of upscale eateries and then sloth and rot away in front of their televisions for nightcaps. And then you have a more rural America who believes the government is literally run by a satanic cult, arming themselves for a biblical showdown of good versus evil.
As you know by now, this dissonance has manifested itself, writ large, during the Presidential elections. Last election was a fight between an aspiring black American leader, who wanted to bring forth change, versus a checkered pants republican who represented old money and big money interests. This election is, plainly, a fight of good versus evil.
America, land of the dramatic — created by Hollywood.
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One of my favorite blog posts of yours. As someone who lives in the city and works in finance, and my dad owning a farm an hour away, I see both of these diverging ideals you are talking about often, sometimes in the same day.
Your awareness here is impressive Sir Fly. America, land of the dramatic.
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fly, is this sum kind of conspiracy theorist website u running here? u didn’t compare 300pe to the 6shooter company… wtf?
Uhh… They armed that was most likely not the plan. Netflix is a death of the middle class play as much as dumbass broke youngsters who never had a chance. In the end as a great man once said. We will get the fuckery we deserve.
The most insightful post I have ever seen on this site. It’s truth. I am scared of a tie more than a win by either candidate. Which is why there shall be a tie.
Truth be told, the 1800 presidential election was a tie. Aaron Burr was the eventual loser and he had a score to settle later which ended in a duel that left Alexander Hamilton dead. Let us hope this election doesn’t end in a duel between citizens.
Aaron Burr is buried here on Princeton, along with Grover Cleveland.
Millions of Netflix customers have millions of smith and wesson’s under their pillows. Keep Amerika safe.
The one thing the two groups mentioned above have in common, they are very easy targets as consumers.
Rural voters don’t matter. It’s an archaic lifestyle for an increasingly irrelevant demographic. This is one of the last elections Presidential candidates will even bother.
I be visiting Shiloh Tennessee this fine evening. General Beauregard challenges you to a duel in the morning where he will quickly dispense with your early demise.
Are you fucking insane? Only the cities burn dude. Rural has always been where the real money truly lives. Read a history book or hundred. When the plague hits only the urban dweller wannabe dies. The wealthy swoop out to the country and wait it the fuck out.
Cruising around southern Tenn northern Mississippi today. If you have money you can build bunkers down here with awesome camouflage. Some beautiful homes. But a majority of folks look to be hurting really bad financially.
Indeed brother. Was just sick of aholes like that vandamme badmouthing rural folk. There is a soul in the country those city fuckers can not understand. And yes it is suffering.
where is the button on the radio phone platform (of your site) for me to share your sage advice with others except for the twitter shit?
all I see is a twitter button – wtf?
Thank God I’m a country boy!
The USA has become the laughingstock of the world. You guys are fucking beyond belief. You think you are so shit hot but you are complete morons.
Fuck you. Where does your pansy ass live? Got a burka wearing wife yet?
There is no conceivable bearish case for gun stocks.
Fuck off 180. Our bombers can erase your country.