The petty bourgeoisie in Amerika have been conditioned to think that economics is the balance between killing poor people versus having a strained economy.

Everytime there’s a “hard decision” we have to make to fix the economy they jump at it with no hesitation. They love the policies because it (they believe) doesnt affect them, and the policies have a placebo affect where they believe the economy to be in better shape with zero actually evidence othet than vibes.