turns out those fucking egg liars really *could* afford a dozen fucking eggs

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61. A 28.5% increase in food insecurity is pretty effing big deal

I didn't take a poll of the "the substantially higher percentage of people who claimed that the price of eggs was driving them broke," because that would be weird that eggs alone could have that much power. We must read different places and know different people. I did see a lot of media coverage of the crisis at the time. Which, yes, was because of bird flu rather than inflation.

But don't you think that maybe the sharp increase of egg prices was a straw over the camel's back a bit? That the increases in food prices had been hurting people for a while, and that was the little shitfest that finally boiled over people's frustrations?

Nobody's saying, "People who can't afford food should just STFU because the economy as a whole is doing well."

Gotten into it with posts saying exactly that. I've gotten into arguments with people - right here - who swear up and down that grocery prices have barely increased at all. I have no idea how anyone who shops for themselves has been unaware of these things.

No one's saying Republicans have better policies. Of course they don't. And voting for them is stupid. But humans in large numbers aren't rational actors. When people are discontent and want change, that means danger for whoever's sitting in the big chair. And this time around, we were in the big chair. We could have addressed the discontent, but instead it was "The economy's great. Anything you hear different is misinformation."

And after November 5th, it has been nonstop "Things aren't that bad! Look at a small increase in holiday travel! The lie is revealed!"

People. Do Not. Hear Themselves.