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[–] ihaveibs@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is there a bigger sign of the desperation of the US than the fact that they have resorted to just simply saying they have a "strong economy" over and over again despite the fact anyone with a brain can clearly see how false that is? Like, they don't even proffer evidence, they just regurgitate until people accept it as the Truth™️

[–] Mana@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago

Dude it works. Had briefly mentioned to my parents that the economy is shit and they responded with "is it?". I was totally caught off guard that anybody would think the housing crisis, inflation, and shitty infrastructure, is a sign of a good economy.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The strategy is clearly to just keep repeating this over and over and hope people still believe it. I guess the other aspect of it is cooking numbers and doing creative accounting the way they did to pretend US isn't in a recession now.

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean, they have world's largest, most pervasive and advanced propaganda machine in history. Why not give it a go? It worked before

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago

Clearly it's doing its job so far.