The most die-hard #American partisans have to acknowledge they are not better off than they were 4 years ago, and that is causing all sorts of #CognitiveDissonance.
Partly due to the #FogOfWar to remember an accurate status of *what was happening* 4 years ago.
I think it’s easy to forget a couple of things:
- we are not representative of the body politic, the majority of which is made up of low-information voters who are tuned out until after July 4th, or Labor Day of an election year, at best
- inflation has eaten up many gains, life is expensive, and wages are stagnant, making the quality life worse
There’s lies, damn lies, and statistics that abstract away human stories: https://www.newsweek.com/gen-z-are-losing-jobs-they-just-got-recent-graduates-1893773
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