• Poison_Ivy [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    Because they assume that GDP, Stock Market and Job Creation are the only measure of how good the economy is.

    Not more relevant statistics like: rent prices, food prices, wages

    You can create millions of jobs but it doesn’t matter a bit if those jobs can’t afford a 1 bedroom apartment in any part of the country. Its the most clearest signal of how privileged the people on that subreddit in particular are.