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I really REALLY don't understand what the powers that be think they are accomplishing by trying so hard to gaslight hundreds of millions of people into believin
by Mountain_Skies 2y ago
I really REALLY don't understand what the powers that be think they are accomplishing by trying so hard to gaslight hundreds of millions of people into believing their objective financial reality is just subjective vibes that are incorrect. You can convince people that things going happen on the other side of the planet are A or !A but people see their own finances every single day. It's amazing hubris to think the tools used to convince people of the impact of policy on things that have little connection to their lives will succeed in convincing them that their daily reality is something other than what it really is.
In the end they look hopefully out of touch and even a bit spiteful that their machinations aren't working. Go have a talk with Bill "I feel your pain" Clinton for a refresher on what works when trying to connect to the public on the economy. Connecting the Wall Street is great for campaign fund raising but death to voter engagement.
- 082349872349872 2y agoFT writes for their audience, not to convince any "hundreds of millions of people". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_Kingdom_by_circulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_Unit...
- Mountain_Skies 2y agoThe view they are pushing is hardly unique as media source after media source, plus the current administration, is pushing the same thing. But maybe "Let them eat cake" will work out differently this time.