Quote by MorePleasin
Can someone please explain to this this dumb Canuck what the "complete disaster" was that "fucked this country to its foundation" ?
Crime and inflation. The former exploded in the wake of the Pandemic (though it has since eased to pre-2020 levels), and although not strictly the Biden admin’s fault, it was widely blamed on the social justice movement and DEI, so now we have an enormous backlash to deal with on gender and race both. Trump was well equipped to fuel and feed on white-people and male resentment)..
Inflation has also “eased,” but slowing the rate of increase is not the same as returning prices to 2019 levels (which would be impossible). It was largely not Biden’s fault (more due to the Pandemic supply problems and the Ukraine invasion), but the fact remains that food and goods cost 20-25% more than pre-Pandemic, and housing costs are a staggering 50% higher when count in the oligarch-friendly interest rate increases. Those who’ve remained in owned houses have been blissfully insulated from the housing increase, but those who bought first homes or who rent are feeling a lot of pain, and house-poverty is at an all-time high, also raising the rate of food insecurity to levels we haven’t seen in a long time.
Although the job market remains strong, wages have not come close to keeping up. The material standard of living for a majority of Americans has declined substantially during the Biden admin. The Dems’ response has been to gaslight them by reminding them the economy is strong and inflation has eased. While that is technically true, it is far from the “I feel your pain” of Clinton (not that I’m a fan), and seems calculated to drive people into the arms of the opposition. It’s always about the economy, stupid. There could have been a Democratic path to victory through this minefield, but they were far too clueless about the plight of working people to see it.
More succinctly: Bernie’s right, Jaime’s wrong. Full stop.