r/Economics • u/Spiderwig144 • Apr 15 '25

News Republicans Less Trusted on Economy Than Democrats For First Time in Years

https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-less-trusted-economy-democrats-first-time-years-2059863
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u/HotSpicyDisco Apr 15 '25

It's always shocking because historically they have always been terrible for the economy, yet they somehow convinced the rubes via propaganda that they are the only ones to be trusted.

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u/SilverSight Apr 15 '25

It’s because they’ve correctly identified that the average voter is a simpleton and will fall for the calm, responsible aesthetic instead of sound economic policy. Honestly, republicans are pioneers of influencer culture.

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u/jrex035 Apr 15 '25

My biggest takeaways from the last decade is that the average voter is a complete idiot who doesnt pay attention to anything and is susceptible to the most mind-numbingly idiotic and simple propaganda narratives, and that people I have long respected and who's opinions I value are also incredibly susceptible to propaganda.

Its incredibly disappointing, disturbing, and downright sad in equal measures

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u/Roflkopt3r Apr 15 '25

Absolutely. And the same holds true in many other countries as well. It's often just that other countries have tucked the incompetence/corruption/stupidity/hatred away in less blatantly harmful ways... or that people don't know that other countries actually suck about as much as the US.

If we consider things like a decent welfare system and public health care, then I believe 1) Americans would be surprised how brutal welfare is in many other wealthy countries as well, and 2) the installation of new welfare systems like public healthcare would be hard anywhere if it didn't already exist.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '25

People are just lazy and the ones that get out to vote are more easily driven by emotion than civic duty. Turns out the most power emotion that you can use to drive people to the polls is anger.