• Doc Avid Mornington@midwest.social
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    8 months ago

    If most Americans don’t see any benefit, it isn’t a strong economy. It’s an economy that meets certain metrics that the ownership class tells us indicate a “strong economy”, because those metrics actually indicate an economy that benefits them.

    I would hope this goes without saying, but if course it doesn’t, so: I fully understand that either Trump or Haley would make it worse. I also think Biden has been much better than I ever expected, and his economic gains - once we get past the inflation - will translate far more to most Americans than some past, more neoliberal economic gains did. It’s a damn shame that the political climate isn’t to the point yet where we can demand more substantial measures, but what we’ve got is surprisingly OK.

    I just think it’s important to remember that the concept of a “strong economy” has been heavily propagandized.