“No you see, idiot, uneducated worker, the economy is doing great actually. Now go back to the your 3rd job’s shift to barely make ends meet.”

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    5 months ago

    Or just use a different word that means what you’re trying to say. When you remove the meaning from words, it becomes harder to solve problems.

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      5 months ago

      Who is removing the meaning? If anything i thought we were trying to define it better and maybe challenge the traditional meaning because i don’t think it suits the current times. You are free to use a different word.

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        5 months ago

        So your argument here… is that you’re not trying to remove the meaning from a word.

        You’re just trying to change the traditional meaning and ask people who use the word correctly to use a new and different word.

        You’ve given me a lot to think about, thank you.

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          5 months ago

          Or maybe that correctly might be too traditional? If that’s too much i can just stop. I don’t wanna overload ya.

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            5 months ago

            Actually rereading my content: What i meant was to say “well just a different word” in regards to the current situation if recession doesn’t fit into the metrics of what a recession is. If you don’t like recession being used than give people who feel like it’s a recession a different word.

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        5 months ago

        That seems a lot more meaningful. GDP is going up, and most people are still feeling the crunch? That is a correctly identified issue that needs a solution.

        If you do stuff that historically fixes a real recession, you’re going to potentially make that problem worse.