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>>herber+(OP)
It's pretty hard as an indicator to miss this, considering that it's one of the very rare times a government loudly and proudly declares it's going to intentionally cause a recession.

>>former+o3
A lot of supporters of the trade restrictions don't care. They're working people who don't own a lot of stocks and all they've seen is their jobs sent overseas.

To them, it doesn't even matter if things get "worse" for a while. Their life is already meeting every economic headwind imaginable.

>>bill_j+W5
> every economic headwind imaginable.

Freaking what? Are they food insecure? Facing a military onslaught. Come on.

>>tmpz22+H6
The local food bank I donate to sends out a quarterly newsletter and the number of families it serves has more than quadrupled since 2020.

I think this is the primary reason the Democrats have been losing, clearly voters are feeling economic hardship in a big way, and ignoring it or belittling the point is what lost voters.

We can't focus on social issues when the hierarchy of needs isn't being met.

>>SteveN+Q7
Historically a lot of Republicans have derided poverty statistics and poverty programs because the people on the programs “all have big screen TVs”[0]. I’m not sure the politics are as clear cut as you indicate.

[0] https://www.heritage.org/poverty-and-inequality/report/air-c...

>>blackg+Tc
I mean, I watched and participated in the US Election last year, it was extremely clear to me that Republicans focused on economy, and Democrats focused on social issues.

The Republicans won, which is an indictment on the Democrats messaging in my opinion.

I'm not even talking about the merits of which party has better ideas, or if people are voting against their own best interests. But I think the party that said they'd do "something" to make the economy better is the one that won.

Why Democrats don't hammer on retraining and education so that more people can participate in the services and information economy confuses me greatly. Manufacturing isn't coming back, at least not immediately.

>>SteveN+ie
> Republicans focused on economy

The Republicans focused on sabotaging the economy, which they now are doing. I don’t get why that’s a winning message.