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[-] SUMATRAN_RAT@lemmy.world 208 points 1 year ago

The gaslighting bothers me the most. “The soft landing worked! The economy is great! Look at all these jobs!” Are they good jobs? Do they pay enough to live? Why has the price of everything gone up so much? It’s eerie being lied to on such a massive scale like this. Very much a superb example of “don’t piss in my ear and tell me it’s raining.”

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 92 points 1 year ago

It's purposeful. The system is collapsing and the only option they have is to lie to people to convince them to continue participating.

[-] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

"you now have to spend more money to survive" -> "people are now spending more money" -> "the GDP is going up" -> "the economy is doing well!"

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