“Look how good everyone is doing. Oh, you’re not doing good? You must be lazy, pull up those boot straps!”
Comment on Sure, WSJ. Next do an article on Selection Bias
KomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Is this the beginning of the framing of “Look how good you have it. You don’t need to murder CEOs.”?
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Free_Opinions@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Maybe if we just go around shooting everyone whose better off that ourselves then one day we’ll all be equally poor and miserable.
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
Wasn’t Thompson living in a different house than his wife and on the way to a divorce when he died? That’s not better off, that’s just richer.
CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It was already happening. Plenty of people were insulting those complaining about the cost of living, saying things like “What do you mean? The economy is doing fine.” In Canada the finance minister called it a “vibecession”, implying it was all in our heads.
All these people are talking about asset prices while we talk about the cost of living.
Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
When we think cost of living we mostly think about rent and cost of food. The rich don’t pay rent and food is a tiny fraction of their budget, so obviously they don’t complain.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I mean when you get down to it vibes are a major cause of many (usually smaller) recessions. Doesn’t mean he has to be a dick about it tho.