Yeah, quite a few Trump voters were lamenting how “The economy was terrible under Biden.” The initial impulse is to point to numbers that say No, it was actually good, you’re getting lied to. But what we really need is a better viewpoint of what we define as “The Economy.”
I think a lot of those voters have a power/life-control complex that prevents them from ever saying “I’m struggling, and my boss doesn’t pay me enough, and I need help.” That’s a pretty “weak” thing to say. But if your boss gives the excuse “Sorry, I can’t give you a raise, the economy sucks” they have a bit of an excuse to deliver.
So: Median income was struggling, as Bernie said for so long. But both parties spurned Bernie in favor of habitual lies. At least Trump’s lies were grander and posed a made-up solution to them.
Yeah, quite a few Trump voters were lamenting how “The economy was terrible under Biden.” The initial impulse is to point to numbers that say No, it was actually good, you’re getting lied to. But what we really need is a better viewpoint of what we define as “The Economy.”
I think a lot of those voters have a power/life-control complex that prevents them from ever saying “I’m struggling, and my boss doesn’t pay me enough, and I need help.” That’s a pretty “weak” thing to say. But if your boss gives the excuse “Sorry, I can’t give you a raise, the economy sucks” they have a bit of an excuse to deliver.
So: Median income was struggling, as Bernie said for so long. But both parties spurned Bernie in favor of habitual lies. At least Trump’s lies were grander and posed a made-up solution to them.