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[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 40 points 10 hours ago (6 children)

To be fair, economics is not intuitive. Half of it is built out of unicorn dust and human imagination. How else would bitcoin even exist? For those of you who are economists and love the money side, vs the behavioral side, that’s great, we need people like you to explain it to the rest of us.

I work with a real system that will still exist no matter what happens with politics or money, so it takes work, for me. That said, tariffs and inflation are not difficult concepts provided you simply take the time to learn.

I know someone who lost their job in December due to tariffs anticipation, and they were not alone in that group of layoffs. The effects are there even if you fail to learn the reasons.

[–] some_dude@lemm.ee 13 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I'm of average intelligence so if I can understand it, so can they.

[–] pleasestopasking@reddthat.com 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly I'm dumb as hell, and when I didn't understand something I just trust my friends who I know share my values. MAGAs seem to have decided they trust Trump over their children, for the most part.

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

He probably shares more of their values, to be fair…

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