yukichigai@kbin.social to Memes@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoYeah but the economy is doing greatmedia.kbin.socialimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1323arrow-down122
arrow-up1301arrow-down1imageYeah but the economy is doing greatmedia.kbin.socialyukichigai@kbin.social to Memes@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down2·6 months agoSTOP BELIEVING YOUR LYING EYES AND DISREGARD YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE. LOOK AT THE CHART.
minus-squarehydroptic@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·6 months agoLINE GO UP! This is good for economy! You want line to go up don’t you? If you don’t, you let the communists win
minus-squarecapital@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 months agoThis sounds nice and pithy but it’s exactly what I repeated to conservatives throughout the pandemic. Cons: “No one around me is dying and we’re all fine. I went to the hospital and it’s empty. What’s the big deal???” Everyone with half a brain: “You’re talking about anecdotes. What matters is the data and it’s damning. Lots of people are dying.” Edit: To clarify, I mean that this applies to the economy as a whole. Not that everyone does well when the market does.
STOP BELIEVING YOUR LYING EYES AND DISREGARD YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE. LOOK AT THE CHART.
LINE GO UP! This is good for economy! You want line to go up don’t you? If you don’t, you let the communists win
This sounds nice and pithy but it’s exactly what I repeated to conservatives throughout the pandemic.
Cons: “No one around me is dying and we’re all fine. I went to the hospital and it’s empty. What’s the big deal???”
Everyone with half a brain: “You’re talking about anecdotes. What matters is the data and it’s damning. Lots of people are dying.”
Edit:
To clarify, I mean that this applies to the economy as a whole. Not that everyone does well when the market does.