A few years ago - he had a lot of bad takes but most of the weren’t terrible or stupid. He was a generic lib who I assumed thought of himself as “progressive” which has become a word that doesn’t mean anything in the United States. I thought of him as a centrist at best. But starting this year he changed. He turned into a bad take machine who is always punching left.
That’s the socialist theory: people are telling the truth when they say they think the economy, they couldn’t possibly be misled about that, but they’ve been totally deceived about WHY they’re unhappy, which is their deep desire for socialism, not high prices at all.
but they’ve been totally deceived about WHY they’re unhappy, which is their deep desire for socialism, not high prices at all
Does he really think that “High Prices” and “Desire for Socialism” are two separate issues? 🤨
Being inside my own head and heart, I can confirm with zero doubt that I am much more unhappy about - and more aware of my unhappiness about - the high prices that affect my life every single day than I am about the ideological roots of my dissatisfaction.
I just can’t even fathom what it’s like to go to the grocery store and not notice (and worry about) prices.
I just can’t even fathom what it’s like to go to the grocery store and not notice (and worry about) prices.
So much political discourse is actually people working as hard as they can to explain that positive (or negative) economic data is far more important than everyday life.
A few years ago - he had a lot of bad takes but most of the weren’t terrible or stupid. He was a generic lib who I assumed thought of himself as “progressive” which has become a word that doesn’t mean anything in the United States. I thought of him as a centrist at best. But starting this year he changed. He turned into a bad take machine who is always punching left.
Does he really think that “High Prices” and “Desire for Socialism” are two separate issues? 🤨
Being inside my own head and heart, I can confirm with zero doubt that I am much more unhappy about - and more aware of my unhappiness about - the high prices that affect my life every single day than I am about the ideological roots of my dissatisfaction.
I just can’t even fathom what it’s like to go to the grocery store and not notice (and worry about) prices.
So much political discourse is actually people working as hard as they can to explain that positive (or negative) economic data is far more important than everyday life.