the answer is actually very simple: deflation is very, very bad for an economy, because it rewards you for not spending or investing. we target a low, predictable level of inflation because this encourages people to spend and invest, and also avoids the pains of high inflation

commie retards will say the dumbest shit ever and stick the word “capitalism” in there to sound intelligent and edgy

I see progressives and moderates at each others throats acting like it’s still November of 2024. It’s 2026 now, and we’re about to win an election as hard as it’s possible to win an election. Stop fighting each other

Very funny that that the new right does this "Save the West" LARP and then you look at its policy preferences and it's all just legalizing crime, crypto scams, normalizing gambling, etc. It is the movement of decline, and profiting from decline

Rev. Jesse Jackson’s ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ sermon. Best delivery ever! Oddly, Dr. Seuss is the actual name of my doctor.

Guy born after the Vietnam, Korean and Second World wars insists Asian fetishes were not a thing when his parents got together

Conservatives want highbrow cultural legitimacy so badly.

When Bill Clinton tells young people that Yasser Arafat walked away from a Palestinian state with a capital in East Jerusalem, “they can’t believe it … it’s not even on their radar screen. They can’t even imagine that happened.” Be informed. Learn some basic history 🙏

Oh wow, you’re really in danger from the critical theory huh? Might be time to file a restraining order

…why is the old RT function back? Lmfao

Lmaoooo sooooo true

I mean, yeah you're technically right, people refusing to vote for Democrats knowing that it means right wing Republicans will win instead is both insane and exactly how we got here.

David Sirota David Shor Is your argument that Obama exerted insufficient pressure on intra-Democratic politics to remake the Party in his popular image? I agree, but that’s literally what you’ve argued against for 20 fucking years (in increasingly absurd terms).

The modern Democratic Party clearly reflects Jesse Jackson’s vision of an ideological progressive party much more than the vision of his opponents from the 80s slowboring.com/p/jesse-jackso…

Wait Steph Curry’s companies invest in Israel AND he’s a nimby?!! It’s stupid who gets scrutinized and who gets a pass

This person tweets like they’re too well off to be harmed by Republicans

That clip of Bernie not taking Hasan’s bait re: Gavin is the most pathetic I’ve ever seen Piker look. To the point where I kinda respect that he left it up lol

That Jesse Jackson episode of SNL is pretty great