The following is a 8 message exchange between 2 users
@Patriot-#1776Constitution4mos4MO
So the government just expects us too believe this BS, when inflation is terrible, groceries have never been harder to afford, it's impossible to buy a house, interest rates are through the roof, and gas is scarce? Just how stupid do these people think we are? I, for one, trust my eyes, trust my own experience, more than I trust the wicked people in our government. They are lying to us, this is a SCAM.
@9CJ6CB64mos4MO
Maybe because different factors don’t necessarily mean different things alongside it. Not every metric goes up, but things are improving, and recovery from a pandemic, several conflicts, and a large amount of vacancies in many governmental head offices.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution4mos4MO
And your point is...? Trust the government and not our eyes...?
@9CJ6CB64mos4MO
My point is that whenever people brag about random niche metrics, they’re often hiding from the real problem, and that transcends even what your eyes can see sometimes. Growth can be happening even when things look bad, and stagnation can be happening even when things look good.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution4mos4MO
That's like saying fire can burn underwater
@9CJ6CB64mos4MO
That’s acknowledging the complications of an economy.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution4mos4MO
In your view, which hasn't been established by logic...
@9CJ6CB64mos4MO
Alright, let’s go to 2020, the majority of the economy was having a pretty sucky time, yet the money the upper class gained was immeasurable, leading to an increase of median income, meaning that, if viewed by that metric, we were booming. Whereas in the Great Depression, the world at large, and what seemed to be america as well, was suffering, though after the 40s, even when we’d be losing by many statistics, we gained extreme amounts of wealth and an increase in equitability for the lower classes, helped largely from government intervention and the war.
