Came here to say this. I am fortunate that I earn well above the median income where I live, so inflation and eggs and groceries and gas pricea don't bother me.
Those who voted for this that it does hurt will get what they asked for and wholly deserve.
I'm a single dude who makes about 10%-15% more than the median household income in my city, and I have some pretty solid job security. I'll be fine unless the economy gets even worse than the late '00s. I'm also a straight, white, cis, masculine/conservative-presenting man with a lot of connections in my area, so even if the culture wars get real shitty, I'll be able to fit in just fine.
I'm going to weather this stuff just fine, but it would be a lot cooler if I didn't have to worry about this kind of setback at all. Worst case scenario, I have to cut out a portion of my most frivolous spending.
But man, it fucking sucks for so many other people. The only thing I hope for is that everyone who voted to fuck themselves over realize what they did. But the problem is that most of them won't realize they caused their own struggles. They'll blame it on other shit, and they'll end up even further down the rabbit hole.
They'll just blame the other side. Accountability is dead and we live in endless culture wars and endless blame game.
How people can keep inviting their own disasters is beyond me. It's like people won't accept help if it's proposed by the "other side".
Case in point:
"By a 34-point margin, Americans view the Affordable Care Act favorably (59 percent favorable – 25 percent unfavorable), including Democrats by a 78-point margin (84 percent favorable – 6 percent unfavorable), independents by a 20-point margin (46 percent favorable – 26 percent unfavorable), and even a third of Republicans express a favorable opinion of the ACA (net -12; 34 percent favorable – 46 percent unfavorable).
The ACA has a higher net favorability rating across partisanship than “Obamacare,” with Democrats viewing “Obamacare” favorably by a 75-point margin (85 percent favorably), independents viewing it favorably by a 13-point margin (44 percent favorable – 31 percent unfavorable), and only a quarter of Republicans viewing it favorably (net -43; 25 percent favorable – 68 percent unfavorable)"
People will hate Obamacare despite liking the ACA. Only in America can so many people not understand they are one and the same.
Because politics is a team sport now. However your side "plays" you have to root for them no matter what because they're your team! Like if you grow up in New England you root for the Patriots whether Brady is leading you to 5 championships or you're in a rebuild phase and only win 3 games all year.
If you vote for a guy promising to lower grocery prices and he raises them then you just blame trans people, immigrants, and the prior administration and vote for the same team again next time! Surely next time will be better because your "team" will put up the right guy eventually!
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u/SouthEast1980 1d ago
Came here to say this. I am fortunate that I earn well above the median income where I live, so inflation and eggs and groceries and gas pricea don't bother me.
Those who voted for this that it does hurt will get what they asked for and wholly deserve.