Summary

President Joe Biden’s economic achievements—lowering inflation, reducing gas prices, creating jobs, and boosting manufacturing—are largely unrecognized by the public, despite his successes.

His tenure saw landmark legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act, CHIPS Act, and major infrastructure investments.

However, Biden’s approval ratings remain low, attributed to inflation backlash, weak communication, and a media landscape prone to misinformation.

Democrats face a “propaganda problem” rather than a policy failure, with many voters likely to credit incoming President Trump for Biden’s accomplishments due to partisan messaging and social media dynamics.

  • @[email protected]
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    472 days ago

    Average american seems to be easily manipulated, especially if its about politics. No fact checking, just going with “gut” feeling.

    • @brucethemoose
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      222 days ago

      Always has been.

      Problem is their “gut” feelings are now from conservative radio/podcasts and facebook feeds, instead of a mix of papers and friends like before.

      • GladiusB
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        92 days ago

        Yea. There is a word for that around the world. It’s called stupid.

      • @seaQueue
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        72 days ago

        “business man like me, he say it like it is”

        Business man: word salad - slur - word salad

    • @[email protected]
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      22 days ago

      Democracy seems to be crumbling pretty hard to shitty education systems combined with heavy propaganda and misinformation. I’ve been trying to think of a solution that still allows a proper resilient democratic system to thrive, but I’m not sure one exists.

      • @Twista713
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        120 hours ago

        There’s likely no 1 magic solution… it’ll take multiple fronts: education, community-building, better(less misinformation) social media…