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Something about titles (and tone?) like this bother me — absolutist in time as well as in geography. It's maybe a subtlety that doesn't matter but I see it a lo

Something about titles (and tone?) like this bother me — absolutist in time as well as in geography. It's maybe a subtlety that doesn't matter but I see it a lot lately and it's part of a pattern that I see as lazy and obscuring underlying issues. Things are bad right now, but making stereotyped statements like this, as if the entire country just flipped a permanent switch after Trump was elected and it will be like this forever doesn't do anyone any favors. It doesn't explain what's happening, what happened before Trump was elected, what happened after Trump was elected, it doesn't point to any solutions — it just sweeps all of these issues under the rug and implicitly or explicitly attributes things to some sudden catastrophic change in Americans, like an asteroid the size of North America just collectively hit everyone on the head on Jan 20th. Absolutist statements have always been around — there's plenty of examples during the pandemic, the online tech boom of the 90s and 2000s, and so forth — and it seems to be happening again. But this time to me it seems irresponsible not just for being so extreme, but also because it shirks away from any attempt to solve any problems. I don't expect Krugman to solve problems all the time — he's allowed to despair — but I at least expect him to have some courage and proactivity in his overall stance toward the situation.

Imustaskforhelp 1y ago
To be honest,from what I've heard, trump has been saying all these things before elections and america voted it. From an outsider (non American),I am not sure.. but I have been looking more into american scandals due to trump and due to Michael Moore documentary. And I have come to only one conclusion, I feel like you guys aren't picking the people who are better for the job but rather whose worse. The shift is so real. And I don't trust democrats too much either. But they are better than republicans at the moment. If you guys are even in the position that you can literally get a guy elected as president that can effectively erode trust on america as a whole,you need to rethink elections. How can I trust america if there is even a 1% chance of such happening again (more than 1% for sure) Trust shouldn't be played with. It's a hard thing to get The only guy I have genuine trust is Bernie sanders. But he's too old but that to me feels like the only hope in America. I truly like how Bernie sanders is kind of like the north pole in my short understanding of american politics and has always been saying the things that I personally resonate with too. I kind of wish,I had a Bernie sanders in my own country tbh. The guys a true gem.
HocusLocus 1y ago
Careful friend. All I did was plot the same data over longer time ( https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1JqXv https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1JqXv ) and I was downvoted.

Imustaskforhelp 1y ago

To be honest,from what I've heard, trump has been saying all these things before elections and america voted it. From an outsider (non American),I am not sure.. but I have been looking more into american scandals due to trump and due to Michael Moore documentary. And I have come to only one conclusion, I feel like you guys aren't picking the people who are better for the job but rather whose worse. The shift is so real. And I don't trust democrats too much either. But they are better than republicans at the moment. If you guys are even in the position that you can literally get a guy elected as president that can effectively erode trust on america as a whole,you need to rethink elections. How can I trust america if there is even a 1% chance of such happening again (more than 1% for sure) Trust shouldn't be played with. It's a hard thing to get The only guy I have genuine trust is Bernie sanders. But he's too old but that to me feels like the only hope in America. I truly like how Bernie sanders is kind of like the north pole in my short understanding of american politics and has always been saying the things that I personally resonate with too. I kind of wish,I had a Bernie sanders in my own country tbh. The guys a true gem.

HocusLocus 1y ago

Careful friend. All I did was plot the same data over longer time ( https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1JqXv https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1JqXv ) and I was downvoted.