The 2024 Presidential election appears to be a showdown between two major party candidates vying to display the most evident lack of understanding of economics. On one hand, Donald Trump advocates for hyper-protectionism and even entertains the idea of reverting to mercantilism, in addition to proposing that the President should have influence over setting interest rates at the Federal Reserve. Despite the glaring absurdity of the latter proposal, it does carry appeal with some in the accelerationist camp as it would make glaringly evident the collusion between the Federal Reserve Board and the executive and legislative branches. This could potentially agitate the public enough to demand reform of the system, although my own confidence in the American electorate’s

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