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.

  • Formesse@lemmy.world
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    At risk of being downvoted into oblivion: People are hyper polarized and unable to have nuanced discussions as a broad generalization any longer. And that, is the core of the problem.

    But where does it stem from? Misdirection - it might not seem relevant, but, I assure you: It is. We have to talk - as a recent video reminded me, and taught me something very important, Beoing. And maybe Intel - but mostly Boeing.

    Back in the Early 60ā€™s - Boeing was Successful, very successful, it was THE MOST SUCCESSFUL airplane company - and it was, surprise surprise: ran by engineers. Then we have Douglas - ran by Finance bean counters. In 67, Douglas was facing bankruptcy, and - as a defence contractor, the US government in itā€™s infinite wisdom forced Boeing to merge with it, and - to put the cream on the top followed by the crowning toxic jewel on top: The executives that caused the problems at Douglas were put in charge, and - Boeing has gone downhill since. At one point an executive at the new Boeing said something along the lines of: ā€œI donā€™t want to be distracted by the details of building airplanesā€ - like, Iā€™m sorry: THAT IS WHAT YOUR COMPANY DOES, those arenā€™t the distractions - that is your core needed responsibility to make sure itā€™s done right.

    We good with why the above is a problem?

    So lets look at Covid: Finance people want the economy to keep going - so drag their feet on doing what is necessary. Finance people donā€™t want to be inconvienienced, soā€¦ push for changes that are beneficial to them IN THE SHORT TERM. And finally, we see the idea that a Stage 4 Cancer Patient who passes away being labeled as a Covid Deathā€¦ Why? I think it serves 2 reasons: 1, it makes the hospital numbers look more paletable for awhile - Covid death is ā€œnew scary virusā€ not, ā€œSomething we have been dealing with for foreverā€ and 2. It justifies massive inflationary spend by the government - enabling them to effecitvely pick winners (big business), and losers (small business).

    The thing is: This shift - this Financiers over Engineers and people in their field running the show, is both the Republicans AND Democrats. That is: Democrat Social Justice types use inflationary spending to shove money at the cost of EVERYONE at whatever group they are ā€œfighting forā€ and, Republican types love to shove tax benefits in the hands of their prefered businesses. And what are the fixes? Itā€™s really simple: End Inflationary Monetary Policy.

    Thing is: Sick people masking? Makes sense. Properly cleaning high contact often terribly dirty things like debit pin pads - makes sense. More frequent cleaning of public bathrooms: Makes sense. This isnā€™t exactly rocket science. But forcing an untested thing onto people, after hiding the details from the public is disgusting. And the fact that people donā€™t get it - that is a huge problem.

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      People are avoiding him because to do otherwise is to feed the troll.

      No one who uses the argument that there are more covid deaths under Biden than Trump is arguing in good faith. If you donā€™t understand the reason for that you are not capable of a discussion.

      If you are arguing that Biden made Covid policy decisions for the economy over safety and somehow believe Trump would not, you are not arguing in good faith. The difference is Biden has advisors and weighs the nuanced effects, like any rational intelligent human being, whereas Trump would do Trump things.

      There is no need to dissect the policy for this guy.

      • AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml
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        Everything you just said about me can be discredited by simply reading what I wrote. You arenā€™t capable of a discussion; you canā€™t read. Youā€™re a profoundly unserious person who speaks on things they have not looked into.