Kai
@kaisamuelsen.bsky.social
Kings of Leon rule, I don't understand.
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Kings of Leon rule, I don't understand.
We're talking about a phenomenon in the last 5 years and you want to roll the clock back 40. This isn't a serious conversation.
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We're talking about a phenomenon in the last 5 years and you want to roll the clock back 40. This isn't a serious conversation.
Covid is just going to do that to every economic graph from now on, isn't it.
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Covid is just going to do that to every economic graph from now on, isn't it.
Personal Consumption Expenditures
Personal Consumption Expenditures
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November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I'm asking if you are willing to accept basic facts about reality. You have failed to do so.
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I'm asking if you are willing to accept basic facts about reality. You have failed to do so.
Median wages increased. Wages gains were strongest among the bottom quintile of workers. We don't have a 'K shaped recovery.'
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Median wages increased. Wages gains were strongest among the bottom quintile of workers. We don't have a 'K shaped recovery.'
Ok, so you refuse to answer the question. Sorry, questions of strategy come after we agree on basic reality. If you won't commit to that, I'm not wasting time with you.
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ok, so you refuse to answer the question. Sorry, questions of strategy come after we agree on basic reality. If you won't commit to that, I'm not wasting time with you.
If it comes to a choice between enacting policies based on reality or based on thr comforting fantasy voters have chosen to believe, I will choose reality, yes.
At a fundamental level, do you think politicians should pursue policies that make life better for people, even if people don't believe it?
At a fundamental level, do you think politicians should pursue policies that make life better for people, even if people don't believe it?
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If it comes to a choice between enacting policies based on reality or based on thr comforting fantasy voters have chosen to believe, I will choose reality, yes.
At a fundamental level, do you think politicians should pursue policies that make life better for people, even if people don't believe it?
At a fundamental level, do you think politicians should pursue policies that make life better for people, even if people don't believe it?
I've seen this more broadly, where writers seem to think the audience wants huge amounts of explanation, when we don't care. It's Surf Dracula.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I've seen this more broadly, where writers seem to think the audience wants huge amounts of explanation, when we don't care. It's Surf Dracula.
Wages increases more than inflation. Inflation adjusted wages are higher now than before. Nothing you've said is relevant because you can't internalize that simple fact
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Wages increases more than inflation. Inflation adjusted wages are higher now than before. Nothing you've said is relevant because you can't internalize that simple fact
No one denies prices spiked in necessities! But wages increased more!
This is the fact you guys seem fundamentally incapable of learning. Wages increased more *even accounting for inflation*.
Biden pursued policies that made the lower class better off, and you will never forgive him for it.
This is the fact you guys seem fundamentally incapable of learning. Wages increased more *even accounting for inflation*.
Biden pursued policies that made the lower class better off, and you will never forgive him for it.
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
No one denies prices spiked in necessities! But wages increased more!
This is the fact you guys seem fundamentally incapable of learning. Wages increased more *even accounting for inflation*.
Biden pursued policies that made the lower class better off, and you will never forgive him for it.
This is the fact you guys seem fundamentally incapable of learning. Wages increased more *even accounting for inflation*.
Biden pursued policies that made the lower class better off, and you will never forgive him for it.
Wages grew more than the cost of goods. We can't start anywhere until you acknowledge that basic fact.
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Wages grew more than the cost of goods. We can't start anywhere until you acknowledge that basic fact.
'We have to be honest' no we need to abandon our ideological commitment to the idea that things are bad because people thought so. Maybe watching TikToks saying it was bad *made by people in other countries with different economies* played a role?
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
'We have to be honest' no we need to abandon our ideological commitment to the idea that things are bad because people thought so. Maybe watching TikToks saying it was bad *made by people in other countries with different economies* played a role?
The recovery was **better** for the poorest Americans, and inflation hurts richer people more. Essentially the opposite of what you're claiming actually happened.
You start with an ideological position, and try to come up with reasons it's true, rather than looking at the evidence.
You start with an ideological position, and try to come up with reasons it's true, rather than looking at the evidence.
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The recovery was **better** for the poorest Americans, and inflation hurts richer people more. Essentially the opposite of what you're claiming actually happened.
You start with an ideological position, and try to come up with reasons it's true, rather than looking at the evidence.
You start with an ideological position, and try to come up with reasons it's true, rather than looking at the evidence.
Yes, from a very low baseline. We're better off now than they were in the 60's.
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Yes, from a very low baseline. We're better off now than they were in the 60's.
'Rise in austerity poloyics' the US passed the largest stimulus in history in response to COVID, had the best economic recovery of any nation, and had the first recession recovery in history that benefitted the working class more than the wealthy.
This is the bad economy people are screaming about.
This is the bad economy people are screaming about.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'Rise in austerity poloyics' the US passed the largest stimulus in history in response to COVID, had the best economic recovery of any nation, and had the first recession recovery in history that benefitted the working class more than the wealthy.
This is the bad economy people are screaming about.
This is the bad economy people are screaming about.
Explaining why Bond is alive needs just as much explanation as Back to the Future gave to why Doc and Marty are friends.
This is a fake problem. It's like explaining why Bond looks different. No one cares.
This is a fake problem. It's like explaining why Bond looks different. No one cares.
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Explaining why Bond is alive needs just as much explanation as Back to the Future gave to why Doc and Marty are friends.
This is a fake problem. It's like explaining why Bond looks different. No one cares.
This is a fake problem. It's like explaining why Bond looks different. No one cares.
I like to believe that you didn't need to look this up.
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I like to believe that you didn't need to look this up.
This is an unhinged way to act about a stranger on the internet.
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This is an unhinged way to act about a stranger on the internet.
If you're just going to crash out over completely irrelevant things, I don't really need to stick around.
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If you're just going to crash out over completely irrelevant things, I don't really need to stick around.
No, the basic measures of the economy are not a conspiracy theory to brainwash you.
We use consistent measures because then we can compare them historically.
That article says 60% of Americans live under the line they'd like them to be above. Ok, is that better or worse than 10 years ago?
We use consistent measures because then we can compare them historically.
That article says 60% of Americans live under the line they'd like them to be above. Ok, is that better or worse than 10 years ago?
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
No, the basic measures of the economy are not a conspiracy theory to brainwash you.
We use consistent measures because then we can compare them historically.
That article says 60% of Americans live under the line they'd like them to be above. Ok, is that better or worse than 10 years ago?
We use consistent measures because then we can compare them historically.
That article says 60% of Americans live under the line they'd like them to be above. Ok, is that better or worse than 10 years ago?
Even when hiring is net zero, hundreds of thousands of people are newly hired.
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Even when hiring is net zero, hundreds of thousands of people are newly hired.
My costs haven't increased 200% and neither have yours.
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My costs haven't increased 200% and neither have yours.