• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    Yeah, vibes are probably a trailing economic indicator. People won’t feel better until they feel better.

    Then again, power concedes nothing without struggle so we’ll probably have guillotines before a four day work week. I’m looking forward to the general strike of '28.

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      8 months ago

      I’m just hoping that the GOP collapses and the Democratic Party stops drifting to the right. Once it effectively pushes out the Sinemas, Manchins, and Liebermans, we could actually see what a more progressive government could accomplish. And I wouldn’t even call myself a progressive. I’m a liberal who just thinks that maybe we should pay essential workers enough so that they can afford to save for retirement and not just sort of skate by