515
"I feel like I'm on a hamster wheel" — US cost of living has skyrocketed since 2020 (boingboing.net)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
80 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 38 points 2 years ago (4 children)

What I fear. Biden just weak and his presidency been meh. I will vote for him but will enough people do the same in the states that count.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 8 child comments
    •
  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    The infrastructure bill was a big accomplishment. With that said, I don't really care for his personality and all I wanted was healthcare reform (single payer, etc) which we didn't get.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Will you vote for him again?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I am voting for him again because I don't want trump or any other of the Republican candidates as my president. But could we have a better democratic candidate? Definitely

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    There's a very real chance the vice president ends up taking charge, Biden does look like he could die of old age any day now

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Could we, though? Who would you propose would be better without scaring off swing voters who are more afraid of imaginary socialism than real fascism?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I mean that is the narrative right, we have to go with a centrist because it might scareee people to give them universal healthcare.

    The reality is that in a lot of cases Biden is to the right of the majority of the US on issues. Take the Israeli genocide of Palestinians, it is extremely unpopular to support it right now among US voters (especially younger ones) but I am sure the media narrative is that oh we can't say no to Israel, that would doom Biden for being too leftist.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    Calling it a "narrative" doesn't make it not true. It wouldn't have taken very many people voting differently for Trump to have win last time, and that's without swing voters' goldfish memories fucking things up.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    He's done some good environmental stuff. But we'll see 😬

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [+] -21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sure how many train derailment under his watch. Oh yeah thanks to him rail workers can't strike.

    And I don't hear bullshit "He GoT tHeM a RaSiE LaTeR" nonsense. The strike wasn't just about sick time which got them what 1 day. It was about how the fucking greedy rail companies were endangering lives and not fixing the infrastructure.

    Also Biden sold more oil leases then Trump so naw not good on the environment either.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [+] -12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I see a salty downvoter doesn't like facing reality. Truth is we're not going to get a good candidate, Trump is the front runner and it's got people riled up. I don't see "good" in the next election cycle, I just see "shitty and less shitty". A shitty leader is still a shitty leader, and it's going to add to the apathy issue we have as well while empowering populist nutjobs.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •
  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    And I think it's one more thing that Poland will copy from US. People got super exited when the right wing government lost the election but my prediction has always been that the "progressive" government will be extremely meh and in 4 years they will lose anyway.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [+] -15 points 2 years ago (3 children)
    [deleted]
  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •
  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yeah, among polls of weird freaks who actually answer polls. Plus, do you even know how these are conducted? People under 60 don't answer calls from unknown numbers, nor do they have the landline phones that pollers call. Traditional media paradigms are dead and polls are now meaningless, it's time to adapt or die now.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You sure enough to stake the future of democracy in the US on that?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What does the validity of polls have to do with staking the future of democracy? If you can't speak without histrionics, close your mouth.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago (3 children)
    [deleted]
  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I mean, you’re defending polling that hasn’t been great for the least few elections and has meant almost nothing except for Trump winning the republican primary (obviously).

    I saw several polls saying that issue 1 in Ohio would barely pass. Definitely didn’t have polls predicting big dem wins this November either.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    While I completely agree that people need to get active now and beat down the apathy, focusing on flawed data and developing a defeatist attitude probably isn't good for the soul.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    People should be looking at this and getting involved to make sure younger people vote.

    Or maybe politicians should actually do shit for younger people to make them want to vote for them instead of spitting in their face and assuming they will get their vote because the other guy is worse.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent