Wait, so now Mr. Teixeira (aka Dr. Doom) is opposed to technological transitions? Why, I recall an article he wrote two years ago lamenting the fact that too many progressives were becoming luddites in their opposition to technological advancements. So which is it? Are we only to be opposed to technological advancements because WWC voters are unsure about them? Oh but AI advancements are fine because it mainly impacts college grads? Talk about class warfare.
Also, if people will only be happy when prices return to pre-COVID levels then they may as well jump off a bridge now because that will never happen. Prices never return to their original level; the baseline permanently shifts. That is why the government measures prices and economic activity in todays dollars and costs dollars. Inflation is not an increase in prices; it is the rate of the increase. The best way to fix this is to increase wages so that they are higher than the inflation rate. This is why you need unions.
As for the UAW members, well as the child of a woman whose as a Union member for 40 years, let me assure you that is is not a surprise. In the 80’s I remember my mother telling me stories about all of her co-workers who were Republicans. She used to say, “a Union worker voting Republican is like a Black KKK member.” Where is Dave Chappelle when you need him?
It is really sad to read something like this in the Bulwark. I expect little else from Dr. Doom but I do expect more from Charlie.
Wait, so now Mr. Teixeira (aka Dr. Doom) is opposed to technological transitions? Why, I recall an article he wrote two years ago lamenting the fact that too many progressives were becoming luddites in their opposition to technological advancements. So which is it? Are we only to be opposed to technological advancements because WWC voters are unsure about them? Oh but AI advancements are fine because it mainly impacts college grads? Talk about class warfare.
Also, if people will only be happy when prices return to pre-COVID levels then they may as well jump off a bridge now because that will never happen. Prices never return to their original level; the baseline permanently shifts. That is why the government measures prices and economic activity in todays dollars and costs dollars. Inflation is not an increase in prices; it is the rate of the increase. The best way to fix this is to increase wages so that they are higher than the inflation rate. This is why you need unions.
As for the UAW members, well as the child of a woman whose as a Union member for 40 years, let me assure you that is is not a surprise. In the 80’s I remember my mother telling me stories about all of her co-workers who were Republicans. She used to say, “a Union worker voting Republican is like a Black KKK member.” Where is Dave Chappelle when you need him?
It is really sad to read something like this in the Bulwark. I expect little else from Dr. Doom but I do expect more from Charlie.