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>Now we have a post-economic democracy where the dominant topics are along the lines of what bathrooms trans people should use It really isn't. https://news.g

• collingreen 1y ago
  "It's the economy, stupid" doesn't seem to explain what we're watching unfold.
  • gruez 1y ago
    Caring about the economy doesn't imply economic competence. You can care a lot about your health, but go totally off the rails and end up with an ineffective treatment. Just look at Steve Jobs.
• dmurray 1y ago
  People might say the economy is more important to their voting, but it's not as prominent in the public discourse (which happens not only on the floor of Congress, speeches, and the occasional debate but in newspapers and on TV and social media). As an outsider who took a passing interest in the last presidential election, I couldn't meaningfully distinguish the candidates' economic policies (I think they both promised to cut taxes and increase government spending, while reducing inflation and the cost of living for ordinary Americans). But I could have told you where they stood on all the culture war talking points. In hindsight, you could perhaps point to things Trump said as an intention to start a trade war with all major trading partners - the defining economic policy of his term so far. But at the time, 150% tariffs on China weren't seen as any more likely than a huge wall that Mexico will pay for.