r/neoliberal • u/dubyahhh Salt Miner Emeritus • Oct 02 '24

⚡⚡⚡THUNDERDOME⚡⚡⚡ ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡ VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE THUNNNNNNDAHDOME ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡

NO MODS

NO GODS

HIDE YOUR COUCHES

THAT'S RIGHT

IT'S TIME FOR THE VP DEBATE

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u/Zeke-Nnjai Oct 02 '24

Least disingenuous political graphic

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u/Integralds Dr. Economics | brrrrr Oct 02 '24

That is downright malpractice

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u/alejandrocab98 Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 02 '24

Maybe I’m dumb but what’s so terrible about it?

Edit: I am indeed dumb, that’s obvious

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u/Integralds Dr. Economics | brrrrr Oct 02 '24

Left-hand side: change in grocery prices over 3.5 years

Right-hand side: change in wages over ~12 months

Why on Earth would you make that comparison?

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u/Creamofwheatski Oct 02 '24

To make Bidens post pandemic recovery which was the best in the world seem bad so people vote for Trump. Any other questions?

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u/die_hoagie MALAISE FOREVER Oct 02 '24

Rule 0: Ridiculousness

Refrain from posting conspiratorial nonsense, absurd non sequiturs, and random social media rumors hedged with the words "so apparently..."

If you have any questions about this removal, please contact the mods.

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u/vanderZwan Oct 02 '24

You're not dumb, it's just that part of you still expects people to not be deceptive (aka "have basic human decency"), and the data visualization exploits that. So you're just showing why it's working.

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u/neolibbro George Soros Oct 02 '24

Wow. Did the OANN team get hired over at CBS? That’s journalistic malpractice.

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u/lamphibian NATO Oct 02 '24

LMAO I'm glad someone else caught that. It's too bad the average American can't read

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u/Huge_Monero_Shill Oct 02 '24

It's made to not be read. I blame the median voter as much as anyone here, but this is graphic design terrorism.

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u/Trotter823 Oct 02 '24

I’m not blaming the general public on that. I didn’t notice either and I think I can read. Maybe not…anyway, this is just straight up disingenuous borderline misinformation. And the fact that the main stream media who pearl clutched about how important they are throughout Trumps term, still hasn’t gotten the message is infuriating.

They’ve been sensationalizing for 30 years now and wonder why the population is either on edge at all times or completely apathetic.

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u/Skabonious Oct 02 '24

holy shit what a garbage infographic

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u/pugwalker Oct 02 '24

Absolutely wild to let this through. I don’t have numbers on hand but i think wage growth since jan 21 is very close to if not exactly 21%

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u/FreakinGeese 🧚‍♀️ Duchess Of The Deep State Oct 02 '24

lmfao????

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u/Jtcr2001 Edmund Burke Oct 02 '24

I thought itwas Jan 21st -- it HAD to be -- but this is Jan 2021, isn't it?