See! You’re not THAT poor. Just give it another few decades!

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      Trump is coming to power again, so the WSJ has to switch back to selling the idea that everything will be okay.

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      It was already happening. Plenty of people were insulting those complaining about the cost of living, saying things like “What do you mean? The economy is doing fine.” In Canada the finance minister called it a “vibecession”, implying it was all in our heads.

      All these people are talking about asset prices while we talk about the cost of living.

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        When we think cost of living we mostly think about rent and cost of food. The rich don’t pay rent and food is a tiny fraction of their budget, so obviously they don’t complain.

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        I mean when you get down to it vibes are a major cause of many (usually smaller) recessions. Doesn’t mean he has to be a dick about it tho.

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      Maybe if we just go around shooting everyone whose better off that ourselves then one day we’ll all be equally poor and miserable.

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        Wasn’t Thompson living in a different house than his wife and on the way to a divorce when he died? That’s not better off, that’s just richer.