Donald Trump and the Republicans are insisting the economy is great and unhappy Americans are deluded. Just like Democrats under Joe Biden, they’re lying to themselves and everyone else — and will eventually pay the price.
  • Jhex@lemmy.world
    271·
    2 months ago

    lucky for the republicans, the American people will just bow in silence and wait for the non existent democracy to save them

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    22·
    2 months ago

    We live in a company town now. Every cent that comes in goes right back out. No savings. No retirement. Our paychecks are picked apart by fees, middlemen, subscriptions to things we used to own, corporations forcing us into choose to pay for everything or figuratively live in a cave disconnected from society. CoL and inflation increases that pay never keeps up with, working more hours, harder, with less people, for stagnant pay, and never getting a break or vacation.

    Broke doesn’t mean living in a box under a bridge. You can still have the trappings of modern life, but be a complete slave to the grind with no end in sight.

  • ViceroTempus@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 months ago

    We don’t have to be… We could just start taking out Billionaires and taking their wealth and assets through physical force. It certainly looks like a more attractive option by the day to me.

    • amniote@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      The US is a financial sovereign. It has the monopoly over its currency: You don’t need the rich ! Govments within a financial sovereign can decide/agree in congress to pay for things they want with the only limit being that the thing/service is available in that currency. It’s called MMT, as american as apple pie, and no MMT is not communist.

      Why do the rich hate MMT? Because they get paid risk free interest by offering the guvment their money.

  • pjwestin@lemmy.world
    32·
    2 months ago

    So, Biden’s 2024 strategy. Looking forward to seeing that play out in the midterms.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      You’re getting downvoted but you’re right. The messaging to people who couldn’t afford groceries under biden and harris was “line go up so you’re fine.”

      • pjwestin@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        LOL, I didn’t even notice I got downvoted. I’m surprised, “Biden downplaying inflation cost him/Harris support,” ie still controversial with anyone in 2026. Even the establishment Dem cheerleader pundits seem to have accepted that it was a blunder.

        • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          Even the establishment Dem cheerleader pundits seem to have accepted that it was a blunder.

          Yeah, but this is lemmy. Centrists cannot fail, only be failed.