Many political commentators take it for granted than manufacturing is the only route to high-paying blue collar jobs.
Construction jobs are just as viable, and unlike manufacturing, there's no global competition. In fact, there's a major housing shortage!
@MattBruenig@mattyglesias then i don’t understand why electeds are turning to them at all. if you had a real priority you wanted to accomplish, why would you let them get in the way?
@mattyglesias@MattBruenig many of the electeds have been there for years before this started though, haven’t they? why would they still be looking at those groups like authority figures?
we have to baseline this with Europe
they ran a traditional slow-growth don't-overdo-it recovery that has cost the continent in terms of growth and productivity
and they still had a massive inflation spike that voters hated because inflation was mostly an energy shock effect
@NickTagliaferro there’s an interesting asymmetry here.
d cities- nyc, sf, etc- are highly visible. people nationwide know about their problems.
but there are no r cities that big. when r cities/areas have problems, they’re less concentrated for reporters to focus on easily
As a researcher, this graphic from the NYT stood out to me pre-election as a good representation of the vibe and emotional state of the nation.
Lots to be unpacked here.
@WillBredderman this seems pretty standard for influencers. ‘new video in 3 days!’ ‘get ready for new vlog!’ ‘so hyped for tomorrow!’ etc etc
youtuber candidate might be the future