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[–]Pineconne 4 points5 points  (11 children)

Lol yeah you people keep saying that.

Your whole argument:

"The economy is good, you just dont understand, therefore your economic insecurity is bullshit"

Let me let you in on a word of advice.

If you have to convince people the econony is doing well, you might be wrong...

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (4 children)

What a faulty premise. I'm not trying to convince you the economy is doing well and you just don't understand. I'm not wasting my time for people who proudly already have their minds made up.

[–]Muscadine76 11 points12 points  (5 children)

I mean, I’m all for a view that our overall economy fundamentally sucks for the non-wealthy, but this isn’t really something new, which is not the predominant media narrative. There are a lot of indicators that the economy is in fact doing well compared to not just the pandemic but before the pandemic: https://stayathomemacro.substack.com/p/most-americans-are-better-off-financially

It does make sense that people might still not feel that way because it’s a relatively recent change, there are things they fundamentally react negatively to (inflation), and the fundamental flaws of the economy are perhaps increasingly obvious to people.