Huh. My understanding based on article after article talking to the average voter is that the American economy is garbage, that milk is now $37, and the only way to reverse it is to elect a convicted felon.
There has to be some alternative besides "elect Donald Trump" (who will only accelerate inflation and the growth of inequality), and "everything is peachy, even though real wages have stagnated, asset prices are to the moon, and it's not unusual for 40% of workers' take-home to go to rent". That is what Bernie represented. Still does.
This is the result of a decades-long campaign of branding. "Democrats - socialist commie perverts who are bad for national security and the economy".
The convicted felon can schtoop a pornstar while signing an executive order exiting NATO and promising to build gulags for his enemies, it doesn't matter. All that matters is the perception, and perception is all about marketing.
> The wealthiest 10% of Americans own 93% of stocks even with market participation at a record high
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market...
Europeans live better lives at the cost of being ridiculed line doesn’t go up.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40681116