Explanatory power is one thing, but people feeling terribly about the economy even as it is doing well by standard metrics is obviously good for the left.
My intuition is that malaise about the economy is mostly explained by partisanship and prices, neither of which can be fixed, but talking about improving other parts of the economy (labor conditions, etc) seems like a better political response than telling voters things are fine.
I am genuinely sorry if this offends, but I am really not sure the sociocultural impact of science fiction has been a net positive, all things considered.
Mar 20, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Everyone's got their choice bits of vintage Iraq commentary. This one's still mine. Not sure anything tops it.
This was May 2003. Clip doesn't quite capture it, but they're talking about Iraq in past tense. The question Friedman is answering: "Now that the war is over and there's some difficulty with the peace, was it worth doing?" charlierose.com/videos/26893
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