• Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    What are they supposed to do? They improved the economy. People refuse to believe it.

    I’ll give you a moment to rage.

    Okay, now that’s done, consider it from their perspective. The data tells them they have succeeded. People refuse to believe it. What are they supposed to do? Succeed again? People will just reject it again.

    I wouldn’t be surprised if they just did a heel turn and said, welp, guess who isn’t a bunch of ungrateful fucks? Wealthy people. Tax cuts ahoy! Found a new voter base!

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      8 months ago

      I refuse to believe they are that dense. The first thing you learn in economics class is that the top level statistics like GDP, Unemployment, Median Wage, and Inflation are too broad to tell the whole story. That’s why we have the surveys. When the top level numbers are good and people are still complaining it’s not just PR or ungratefulness. There’s really something wrong. And at the end of the day if things are normal, then you’re losing the messaging battle. These guys are completely detached from reality in one way or another. But considering the survey results I’m pretty sure it’s actually hard to put a monthly budget together for 63% of Americans right now.

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        8 months ago

        And at the end of the day if things are normal, then you’re losing the messaging battle.

        This is it. Facts don’t matter, only perception. We’re in a post-truth era.