This election was about emotions, not economics
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Adam Serwer
Harris helped save the teamsters’ pensions and their membership preferred the candidate who wants to take away their right to organize. They didn’t care.
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I'm not sure the electorate overall makes decisions based on fine details like "Trump says a lot of stuff and maybe this tariff stuff will affect prices but he says they won't...so 🤷"
For the same reasons we despise him: vulgarity, lies, gets away with crimes.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-12/citigroup-ceo-fraser-says-it-s-game-on-for-deals-in-the-us
People approaching retirement age, 56-64, have a net worth of $364,500
Median home sell price in Sept 2023 was $412,000
Most Gen X households are ~ net $48,500 in debt & have no savings for retirement
That’s why he thinks having an oligarchy is compatible with democracy
You know, Musk does not rely on government created currency to pay his banks back 🙄
A large chunk of the US has lost sight of nobler sentiments.
That darn "pocketbook" is hard to beat.
I wrote a satirical piece about it.
https://politicalamericans.com/heritage-foundation-report-price-of-freedom-is-1-05/
Oh, let me forget
that I made a mistake
Oh, can't you see
what you're doing to me?
Elections, please set me free🎵
https://open.spotify.com/track/60jQTAr2OkFcV4SWSRz3st?si=C5A9EKQtQgu7D_yVFij0iw&context=spotify%3Asearch%3Aemotion
I wish Kamala was as comfortable talking economics (kitchen table) as she was on reproductive care.
All while dangling the flashy, nonsense issues in front of gullible voters to distract them from what is happening.
#WeekendAtDonnies
It was also like watching a slow motion carcrash.
Dude won the election by promising everyone everything. Let the people who elected him deal with him. Theyll come running back to sanity when every day is a crisis for years
I do know & attend to Luzerne County, Northumberland County, live in Centre, I know IT IS EMOTIONS.
And let’s not even talk about the sanewashing of Trump gibberish.
The emotions are often about the individual's microeconomics.
The Cost Of Living.
How much money do I need to not die.
Fear of death makes people emotional.
Even the irrational fears.
No thanks.
Me: You mean as part of the longest US economic growth starting in 2009. But not better than in 2020.
Them: But we were better off under Trump.
Me: How will he make it better now?
Them: We were . . . .
The stock mkt isn't a great economic indicator, but it's still a measure & a point of personal finances.
Denial.
On 1/12/21, DJI opened at 31015. On 1/20/21, it closed at 31188. It fluctuated but closed at 32981 on 3/31/21.
So, they lied or don’t have a clue.
Why do the angry oligarchs hate working people sooo much? 🤷♂️
What does bother me is the damage that is going to be done to our institutions. That doesn’t get fixed with policy changes next election.
CU+Algo's=Mass Psychosis.