With respect, Charlie, I would take all this "YOU SHOULDN'T TALK DOWN TO THE WORKING MAN, DAVID, YOU DADGUM ELITIST" stuff seriously if it weren't bullshit.
Since it is bullshit, I don't.
When middle-to-upper-class people are being hammered far harder by the inflationary, overcooked economic state than the working class is (a fact, no matter how deeply people *feel* to the contrary), and economic inequality is on a heavily downward trend, I can only take so much of people, pundits, and politicians sticking their fingers in their ears (and eyes) and saying la-la-la-I-can't-hear-you-Facts-are-for-losers before I call it irrational AF and throw up my hands.
Of course, I'm not a political professional or campaign strategist, so I have that luxury. To those who are and have the responsibility of defending democracy against impending doom in the face of this horseshit, I wish them luck. (And if they succeed, I will owe them many, many beers in the future.)
With respect, Charlie, I would take all this "YOU SHOULDN'T TALK DOWN TO THE WORKING MAN, DAVID, YOU DADGUM ELITIST" stuff seriously if it weren't bullshit.
Since it is bullshit, I don't.
When middle-to-upper-class people are being hammered far harder by the inflationary, overcooked economic state than the working class is (a fact, no matter how deeply people *feel* to the contrary), and economic inequality is on a heavily downward trend, I can only take so much of people, pundits, and politicians sticking their fingers in their ears (and eyes) and saying la-la-la-I-can't-hear-you-Facts-are-for-losers before I call it irrational AF and throw up my hands.
Of course, I'm not a political professional or campaign strategist, so I have that luxury. To those who are and have the responsibility of defending democracy against impending doom in the face of this horseshit, I wish them luck. (And if they succeed, I will owe them many, many beers in the future.)