Summary

President Joe Bidenā€™s economic achievementsā€”lowering inflation, reducing gas prices, creating jobs, and boosting manufacturingā€”are largely unrecognized by the public, despite his successes.

His tenure saw landmark legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act, CHIPS Act, and major infrastructure investments.

However, Bidenā€™s approval ratings remain low, attributed to inflation backlash, weak communication, and a media landscape prone to misinformation.

Democrats face a ā€œpropaganda problemā€ rather than a policy failure, with many voters likely to credit incoming President Trump for Bidenā€™s accomplishments due to partisan messaging and social media dynamics.

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    2 days ago

    Average american seems to be easily manipulated, especially if its about politics. No fact checking, just going with ā€œgutā€ feeling.

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      Always has been.

      Problem is their ā€œgutā€ feelings are now from conservative radio/podcasts and facebook feeds, instead of a mix of papers and friends like before.

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        ā€œbusiness man like me, he say it like it isā€

        Business man: word salad - slur - word salad

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      Democracy seems to be crumbling pretty hard to shitty education systems combined with heavy propaganda and misinformation. Iā€™ve been trying to think of a solution that still allows a proper resilient democratic system to thrive, but Iā€™m not sure one exists.

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        Thereā€™s likely no 1 magic solutionā€¦ itā€™ll take multiple fronts: education, community-building, better(less misinformation) social mediaā€¦