I wonder if this is a side effect of social media. When I post a bit of data or something I learned, I think of it as throwing a fact out into the ether.
People who read the post, however, experience it as someone they know telling them *as an individual* something that should be relevant to them.
So when someone like will points out technically the economy is "good", it feels like obliviousness to the overall shitty workings of the system as is at best, and rubbing salt in wounds at worst. It feels like he's gaslighting\bullshitting people, even if that wasn't the intent.
— Michael Hobbes (@michaelhobbes.bsky.social) Aug 27, 2024 at 11:47 AM— Space Man (@spaceds8008s.bsky.social) Aug 27, 2024 at 11:39 AM