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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 157 points 1 year ago

Because the 'numbers' that neoliberals have decided are the indicators of a "good" economy mean almost nothing to, in all likely hood, 95% of Americans.

Measuring the right thing leads to inconvenient conclusions (age till retirement, income at retirement, income independence, buying power, home ownership, business ownership, union membership, etc.)

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 61 points 1 year ago

Bloody well hate the neoliberals. One was arguing with me on reddit that because people in Kenya are better off, compared to the 80s, I should stop complaining.

Like ok I am happy for the people of Kenya. I got nothing against them. So yeah good job. Now can my healthcare costs please go down? Because I am pretty confident that they can and the people of Kenya can also be doing well. One really doesn't impact the other that much.

[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago

No, you see, because TVs have gotten consistently cheaper (they're like the only thing to have done so), everything's working!

[-] ayaya 26 points 1 year ago

And the main reason they're cheaper is because all of them are data harvesting machines. What a fun world where even your habits are a commodity!

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