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Showing Original Post only (View all)Greg Sargent w/ Krugman: Trump Voters About to Be Shocked at How Badly He Scammed Them [View all]
Greg Sargent
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Disturbing prediction from @pkrugman.bsky.social: If Trump's deportations really happen, inflation will spike, then MAGA loyalists will corrupt government info to mask it.
For autocrats, he says, "among their first targets are statistical agencies."
Our exchange:
https://newrepublic.com/article/188346/transcript-paul-krugman-badly-trump-voters-scammed (archived: https://archive.ph/zVtbq )
November 13, 2024 at 8:51 AM
@gregsargent.bsky.social
Disturbing prediction from @pkrugman.bsky.social: If Trump's deportations really happen, inflation will spike, then MAGA loyalists will corrupt government info to mask it.
For autocrats, he says, "among their first targets are statistical agencies."
Our exchange:
https://newrepublic.com/article/188346/transcript-paul-krugman-badly-trump-voters-scammed (archived: https://archive.ph/zVtbq )
November 13, 2024 at 8:51 AM
https://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3latik7gqdk27
Podcast: Krugman: Trump Voters About to Be Shocked at How Badly He Scammed Them
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Greg Sargent w/ Krugman: Trump Voters About to Be Shocked at How Badly He Scammed Them [View all]
Dennis Donovan
Nov 13
OP
Basic intelligence, education, and morality are required to maintain a democracy.
Irish_Dem
Nov 13
#10
4) Voters have a value system which precludes electing a vicious, ruthless psychopath
Irish_Dem
Nov 13
#25
They will know when the price of eggs rise 400%, or that Nissan they were looking at for $45k now costs $90k
Dave says
Nov 13
#45
They will resolve their cognitive dissonance with some made up story, blaming the Dems.
Irish_Dem
Nov 13
#47
They will go to the grocery store and see that bacon is now $16 a package instead of the $8 and
Vinca
Nov 13
#9
Well, if they lose jobs, and the price of eggs, Doritos and video games go sky high-- no fake
Jack Valentino
Nov 13
#34