What's happening with the left and the economy, by they way, is not "There are different perspectives and the truth is in the middle." It's that they, like a cult, have built a group identity around a false belief that we live in an economic hellscape, and now must police that belief
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Cults are distinct in 2 ways:
-built around a charismatic leader (which isn't really the case here, is with MAGA)
-exclusive aot inclusive (not really the case here or MAGA)
Film at 11.
At least bsky isn't monetized, so this dull rage bait isn't paying you.
Congratulations. You fed into Republican myths about their better handling of the economy.
Because I can assure you that not everyone that struggles in this economy is right wing, and in fact we strongly reject the Republican position.
Right-wingers assert that if we just improved the economy, wealth will "trickle down"
Trickle down economics is a part of the problem.
The economy
Fuck your quotation marks. They won't save you here.
Notice the quotation marks?
I know you did, you're just doing this in bad faith
Enjoy being permanently out of power for the next 100 years...
...just like the last 100 years.
You're doing all this... How much effort have you spent? How much effort *will* you spend?
Take accountability and it ends.
I've been sent death threats because of my confrontations with individuals who used violence to try to make us live under a dictatorship.
That's why I'm on an anon account now, but they won't intimidate me
I take back all I said if you voted 2024
Good luck caucusing with Republicans fascist-enabler
1. Is the economy doing well?
2. Is the economy doing better than it did under Trump?
I know that people are dying on the hill of 2, but what do you think the answer to 1 is?
For 28 years on TV and 38 years on Radio the Republican bass has been lied to and brainwashed 24/7/365 about left/central politics AND the Dem party
We are evil Socialists coming to take their guns and taxem
https://bsky.app/profile/junlper.beer/post/3lhqougrpc22a
I'm curious as to how you think this woe is me victimhood is helping the current realities in this country
And I voted for sanders! Twice!!
As a direct result of democratic actions and inactions
Wake up
My position is the Democrats and the non-partisan left can only stand a chance by working together. A movement built on one group or the other being thrown out is a child's fantasy.
This is all the fault of the powerful political party with tons of money.
The nazis are the democrats fault.
The powerful rich politicians.
Sure, blame your imaginary leftist
I would rather shoot myself in the face
Technically you're being sexist with me as well 😉
90% of the time they're fussing over vibes, and that goes to 99% when they're out of power.
Blind Test: A believes that capitalism is an inherently unsustainable political economy, and B believes that it can be reformed.
Which is a liberal and which is a leftist?
Needed now more than ever.
He said that Larry had such a reputation as a fuck up that when someone in committee made a mistake, they would say “I pulled a Larry”.
Low income people in this country are suffering from various cost of living crises. If you don't experience that, good. But you continue to deny their lived experiences.
Are some people too swayed by emotion? Yes. Does that make a nebulous "left" a cult? No.
I've never seen him reply to someone who came with their own data.
He's also ignored the fact that 20 states still have 7.25 minimum wage, and it's unlivable.
The man makes good points when calling out conservative but spent the entire election attacking the left. His platform is built on controversy
Also yes, denying people's struggles causes anger and resentment which and leads to fruitless argument cycles.
I wish he'd ignore the anger and focus on the people trying to have productive conversations instead of labeling them all cultist.
There is record homelessness. That, by itself, makes your narrative fall apart. Most people live paycheck-to-paycheck.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/democrats-tricked-strong-economy-00203464
I bet you say that while owning stocks in a retirement fund and working for above minimum wage, which is not true for a lot of Americans. Not a conspiracy, you’re in a bubble of wealthy people
I hope the economy crashes in a way that specifically impoverishes you.
‘Nuff said, compadre
https://news.wfu.edu/2009/05/13/carnegie-junior-fellow/
Lol.
Have you checked the poverty statistics?
https://www.statista.com/statistics/203183/percentage-distribution-of-household-income-in-the-us/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
https://www.minimum-wage.org/texas
Go look up the median income of San Antonio pls 🥰😮💨
And know that someone is trying to sell a 400K house on my mom street and she just finally paid it off at 58! 🤬
And the house has needed work for soooooooo long, and yet she can’t retire cuz her babies and her own mom and siblings. 😖😭
BOTH NUMBERS ARE BAD
And 25% is not "nobody" and you were wrong.
Take the L
Not "nobody"
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/democrats-tricked-strong-economy-00203464?nname=politico-toplines&nid=0000018f-3124-de07-a98f-3be4d1400000&nrid=4ce30e36-5f63-48dd-81b0-0b9da92d7e9b I never would have guessed
you are wrong, not only that, everyone can see you have no ideology to stand on, you're just tone policing
I swear, you can always tell tell the IQ of these posters whining about how our emperor’s supposed “nudity”
You think people who aren't economically suffering would behave like that?
Apparently you've never actually met any actual leftists. You don't know what you're talking about.
https://discord.gg/50501
Cholesterol and blood pressure can often be indicators of health, but they don't really count for shit if you have cancer.
The ones who don't rent have their parents backing them financially, or housing them while they save.
This doesn't make me feel like the economy is in a good place, man.
unless…?
Wait, what do you mean?
grow up willie.
until you can accept that biden was a disaster and totally unsustainable you lack basic credibility
Home ownership is a dream, and not an obtainable one. That alone drives a lot of people to think they are struggling, because they are.
People aren't on track to a secure retirement, they won't even own a house when they get to that age. You're comparing apples or oranges when you compare economic stats from today to pre 2010.
Where there are jobs home ownership is unobtainable. I live in Florida.
after, 2200
that cost has not gone down, and their wages have not gone up but a fraction
im sure thats a hallucination tho
Trump will destroy government stat collecting, so in the future anecdotes will reign.
Or a single mother who can only find part time with and thus has to work three jobs to support her family
Or a homeless person stuck on the streets because one bedroom apartments are over $1000 a month in rent
That's the problem, voters are irrational, and *wrong* about lots of stuff.
There may be good reasons, but those good reasons are not “they are materially worse off”
Not a cult though eh
Homelessness rose by 18% in 2024.
I moved into an apartment last year because I got a raise.
We need to build more housing.
Yes, we need to build more housing.
We also need to reappropriate housing being held as investment properties.
That’s where those empty units are.
Are you gonna give them the option or do it at gunpoint like all the other homeless encampment “clearing”?
Low vacancy cities have the highest rents. Supply and demand exist
Yeah that doesn’t make any sense
The discussion stopped because of covid, but once that was less immediate, it started up again, and everyone's acting like it's a new problem.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/democrats-tricked-strong-economy-00203464
Rent takes up a bigger slice of the pie, which is bad, but the pie is bigger too.
I don’t like any economy w this many billionaires, homeless people or medical or student debt.
Well mine fucking didn’t, I promise you that.
Once many of the people who think we're in dire economic times get a house/money from inheritance, I think we'll see that they'll magically stop caring about poverty.
also yknow this is the exact same rhetoric antitrans people use about trans rights? i think if you ever say a group of disparate people without organized leadership are a cult you oughta check yourself
thank you, Matthew.
Now there are people struggling on six figure salaries because rent is too damn high and there are too many people in positions of power who don't know what things cost these days.
Guess I'll just mock and harass everyone"
:(
Damn autocorrect.
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), approximately 100 million Americans have medical debt. This represents about 40% of adults in the United States.
barely 40% of Americans can afford a 1000$ emergency
I actually think blue maga might be a deeper cult than red maga at this point.
All you’re doing is letting us know the whiny lawyer has money.
you are not equipped to enter into this discussion
Please, for the love of FUCK, start listening to the lived experiences of people dealing with economic hardship and struggle
What's your take on that?
Nope.
Your 401k is doing great so all of us peons who cook your meals must be whining about nothing, right?
Eat a dick.
Rent is bad, but even though it’s taking up a greater share of the average worker’s income, the average worker still has more purchasing power after rent than they did in 2019.
“Don’t show me the data, just look around, it’s obvious”
Well, I have looked around, it’s not obvious, so what now?
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/09/income-inequality.html
On the other hand, wealth inequality decreased under Biden because the wealthiest lost ground during COVID-19.
But this is misguided and, in this case, just wrong.
https://novapsyche.substack.com/p/maga-applies-im-rubber-youre-glue
they aren't being irrational when they just look at the absolutely shitty world they live in
It's a labeled determined on 18th Cen. French opinions on the monarchy, maybe it isn't able to encapsulate the full width of modern American political alignment.
It's why there were/are left and right wings in socialist states, despite being single party.
Is Will actually angry at everyone who is anti-captialist?
holy shit man. what the fuck world do you live in?