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Politics infests everything, so inevitably all economic news is propaganda to be twisted however is deemed appropriate. When unemployment is high, the house or
by trentnix 7y ago
Politics infests everything, so inevitably all economic news is propaganda to be twisted however is deemed appropriate.
When unemployment is high, the house organs lament the poor people out of work. When unemployment is low, the house organs lament that it’s the wrong kind of employment. And always, the problems can be solved with putting my candidate in charge with access to a lot of other people’s money.
- Twixes 7y agoWell, maybe it's just that these are actual problems felt by many people and things need to be done about them. The problem is, rarely are things actually done (say, about housing affordability, healthcare accessibility or economic inequality), mostly because doing things endangers interests of privileged groups (property owners, the insurance industry, executives etc.)