That’s literally the whole point: people’s political opinions are not mechanically tied to economic conditions. You can see a milder version of the same thing now, as economic conditions deteriorate much more quickly than Trump’s approval - ThreadSky

whstancil.bsky.social • 5 days ago

That’s literally the whole point: people’s political opinions are not mechanically tied to economic conditions. You can see a milder version of the same thing now, as economic conditions deteriorate much more quickly than Trump’s approval

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Why didn't Biden win if the economy was so good?

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jimjimerson.bsky.social•5 days ago

Lots of blocks thanks to this one, thank you for your service. How do you stand it?

montrealmuffin.bsky.social•5 days ago

Maybe your perception was the incorrect one

resist77.bsky.social•5 days ago

Because MAGA is brainwashed that immigrants and LGBTQ kids threaten their very existence.

vonn7777.bsky.social•5 days ago

If not thru Mega, subliminally.

pnictogen-wing.bsky.social•5 days ago

M. @whstancil.bsky.social is brainwashed, M. @resist77.bsky.social.

corkiememtelong.bsky.social•5 days ago

Excuse me, Biden wasn’t running last time. Remember Kamala? Actually, she would have won, but a lot of her voters had been purged off the rolls in some states, and their conditional ballots somehow never got counted. Hmmmm.

robertoartellini.bsky.social•5 days ago

Ask them why didn’t Corbin win if economy in UK was so devastated by austerity.

lenday.bsky.social•5 days ago

blocked the idiot

huckdillinger.bsky.social•5 days ago

I would say it’s because the Republicans now market in shameless lies and propaganda backed by the wealthiest people in the entire world.

leisure-illuminati.bsky.social•5 days ago

Biden would have won had he declared war on brisket and rib prices. Big speech on dropping the price of a pork butt in half.

isaacspeer.bsky.social•5 days ago

Amazing circular logic here - start with premise that economics drive all political outcomes, then cite political outcome (Biden loss) as proof of premise (that economy was bad).

pnictogen-wing.bsky.social•5 days ago

"Mechanically tied"?? M. @whstancil.bsky.social where did you learn English rhetoric, from a box of breakfast cereal? Political opinions are FEELINGS. They're not "mechanically tied" to ANYTHING! Why would people's feelings NOT be influenced by their perception of economic hardship?

~Chara

nostalgiavictim.bsky.social•5 days ago

Perception isn’t reality that’s the whole point.

pnictogen-wing.bsky.social•5 days ago

You have a point there, Nostalgia Victim. M. @whstancil.bsky.social has a *perception* of himself as a sensible and rational political expert but he's unable to uphold this image in reality.

dickytones.bsky.social•4 days ago

It’s all about narrative, reality is impudent compared to the power of narrative. Tell a man he is being destroyed and in his fanatical mind he will be destroyed as real as the air he will continue to breath.

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