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the necks got off their sundecks it seems
by adamconroy 10y ago
the necks got off their sundecks it seems
- up_so_floating 10y agoThis sort of rhetoric is precisely what inspires people to vote for Trump.
- Mikeb85 10y agoAmong other things... There's real dissatisfaction among the working class which inspired people to support both Bernie and Trump, and to vote against the status quo.
- ohwello 10y agoI'm not satisfied being in the top decile of historical human well-being, let's shake things up and take a shot at some reversion to the mean.
- up_so_floating 10y agoIt makes much more sense when you consider that the average frame of reference is on the order of tens of years, not tens of thousands.
- tomp 10y agoBut the problem is, they remember that they used to live better just a few years ago, while simultaneously seeing others (political and financial elites) getting richer and richer. That gives even myself a fundamental feeling of unfairness, even though as a programmer I'm far from Trump's target demographic (although still working class).
- ohwello 10y agoReal wages had been rising, we'll see what happens next.
- andars 10y agoIf that is your basis for voting, flip a coin. No single candidate is going to change that, and its not clear if it is even possible to revert so dramatically.