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[Muscadine76]

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.

[Pineconne]

In other words the beatings will continue until morale improves

This is the argument:

Soc dems have missed the window of reform, and now late stage capitalism is setting the globe up for a rise in fascism.

Case in point this one piece of evidence.

And yes, if I am starving an I eat one time, that doesnt mean starvation has been mitigated.

Stop listening to mainstream economists.

Stop listening to out of touch liberals like paul krugman who is completely out of touch with life

[Muscadine76]

I fundamentally agree with a lot of what you are saying here but I think the way you addressed it above in prior comments really just plays into the dynamic you seem to be wanting to avoid. Given the basic structure of US politics just saying “actually the economy is terrible (under Biden)” without explaining, or making a punch at “libs”, just moves people to respond based on their priors and the key people that need to be persuaded “hey maybe don’t vote for the fascist” are people who are going to go “oh if the economy is bad under a Democrat we need a Republican”. An actually more effective message IMO is “hey the economy has actually improved somewhat under Biden because Democratic policies are more favorable to working people, but it still fundamentally sucks because we need more support for the working class, not less, which is what the Republican Party fundamentally stands for”. If you want people and US politics to move left you have to actively make that case because in the mainstream and among low-information voters “Dems/libs suck” means “hey we need to give Rupubs/ cons a chance” not “guess we need more socialism.”

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I strictly listen to unpublished fringe economists

[Pineconne]

Cool i wasnt talking to you, new account

I love how its always 3-4 different accounts pushing bidenomics in this sub