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[–] HornyOnMain@hexbear.net 58 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] HornyOnMain@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago

Me, a suburban former Republican supporting him even harder

"I'm doing my part!"

thinking-about-it

[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

it's kind of amazing isn't it? person with zero political education: shit sucks and hasn't gotten much better.

people who've been completely bamboozled by bourgeois economics: well you see the quarterly annualized gdp growth and the fed's interest policy in fact mean we are already living in heaven, why can't anyone else see this?

people who've studied actual economics: shit sucks and hasn't gotten much better

in that thread these galaxy-brains are actually circle jerking each other around unironically acting like poverty is not a concern for "average voters". they're such well-read "wonks" yet they so confidently exclude poor people completely from political consideration because they are "on average" less likely to vote. when anyone suggests anything to get non-voters on board (not genociding palestine, actually helping poor people), that's extremism that will turn the important swing voters against the democrats.

[–] WoofWoof91@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

as much as i hate to say it, it is just the dunning kruger effect in action

people who have read a couple of economics blogs thinking they are experts