Opinion | Voters punished Biden for problems he didn’t cause and effectively addressed
Opinion | Voters punished Biden for problems he didn’t cause and effectively addressed
The fight against rising prices has essentially been won. But few in the electorate seem aware.
Summary
President Joe Biden’s economic achievements—lowering inflation, reducing gas prices, creating jobs, and boosting manufacturing—are largely unrecognized by the public, despite his successes.
His tenure saw landmark legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act, CHIPS Act, and major infrastructure investments.
However, Biden's approval ratings remain low, attributed to inflation backlash, weak communication, and a media landscape prone to misinformation.
Democrats face a “propaganda problem” rather than a policy failure, with many voters likely to credit incoming President Trump for Biden’s accomplishments due to partisan messaging and social media dynamics.
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Average american seems to be easily manipulated, especially if its about politics. No fact checking, just going with "gut" feeling.
Always has been.
Problem is their "gut" feelings are now from conservative radio/podcasts and facebook feeds, instead of a mix of papers and friends like before.
Yea. There is a word for that around the world. It's called stupid.
Ignorant is their steady state. Stupid is the application.
"BUSINESS MAN GOOD"
"business man like me, he say it like it is"
Business man: word salad - slur - word salad
Democracy seems to be crumbling pretty hard to shitty education systems combined with heavy propaganda and misinformation. I've been trying to think of a solution that still allows a proper resilient democratic system to thrive, but I'm not sure one exists.
There's likely no 1 magic solution... it'll take multiple fronts: education, community-building, better(less misinformation) social media...