• BurnSquirrel@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m glad we have strong GDP growth but:

    how does the average man paying 1500 for a basic apartment in a po’dunk town feel this

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      1 year ago

      That’s a great argument for how out of touch the indicators they use are. Does it mean that we’re in a better position geopolitically? Almost definitely. Did these indicators at one point mean good things for the working class? Probably. But now, they feel more like gaslighting that temperature taking.