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[-] SUMATRAN_RAT@lemmy.world 207 points 5 months ago

The gaslighting bothers me the most. “The soft landing worked! The economy is great! Look at all these jobs!” Are they good jobs? Do they pay enough to live? Why has the price of everything gone up so much? It’s eerie being lied to on such a massive scale like this. Very much a superb example of “don’t piss in my ear and tell me it’s raining.”

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 92 points 5 months ago

It's purposeful. The system is collapsing and the only option they have is to lie to people to convince them to continue participating.

[-] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 42 points 5 months ago

"you now have to spend more money to survive" -> "people are now spending more money" -> "the GDP is going up" -> "the economy is doing well!"

[-] westyvw@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

If you are eating fast food and you give a shit if the price goes up you already lost.

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