@wanyeburkett Also conservatives: fear of immigrants, fear of public education, fear of brown people, fear of vaccines, fear of trans women, fear of women’s rights…could go on and on here
@Noahpinion Universal pre-k. Public after school programs that last until 6. Daycare capped at 10% HH income. Debt free public college. No more exclusionary zoning. Everybody would be having babies then.
Booked a flight, scheduled and saw my doc, scheduled and got a CT scan at the hospital, went to the vet all this week.
Most of these complaints are just kids becoming adults and realizing someone’s not there to do it for them any more.
Maybe I'm overly sensitive bc of my line of work, but why does *every single part* of this economy feel like an obstacle course? Booking a flight, seeing a doctor, getting insurance, finding housing, taking your animal to the vet... Are people just numb to all this?
@LADYBUNNY77 I agree on most of what you’re saying, but we’re dealing with entrenched politicians. None of them really act on principle or beliefs. They see what coalition wins and they shift to attract those voters, not the ones who sat out because that’s harder and riskier.
@mattyglesias Would be ironic if we met our climate goals because all these patriots had to turn vegan since they can’t afford eggs thanks to bird flu and tariffs on meat
@davidshor Idk while I think social media and the rise of the influencer definitely impacts this the trend on housing prices is still accelerating more than it should if there was adequate supply
@TVietor08 Makes WaPo sound like a mid tier literary rag from the 90s that publishes Pride and Prejudices clones where Mr. Darcy is a cattle rancher from Wyoming
per *official Chinese statistics* there are 550 million Chinese living on less than 1090¥ a month (adjusted for purchasing power parity, $538), 970 million below 2000¥.
the Chinese propaganda is hitting overly online american leftists like crack