r/Anticonsumption • u/Northdropx • 4d ago

Society/Culture Trump will blame us for the coming economic downturn.

Just FYI - thinking ahead, Donald will absolutely place the blame on people like those in this community when the tariffs and shit blow up in his face. Rhetoric will probably include “anti-American boycotts” and call us marxists/leftists/liberals etc.

Having a large number of people actively trying to cause economic pain to large corporations makes us an easy out to excuse the most ridiculous trade policy we have ever seen.

Prepare yourself for an especially mean Fox News segment and pure demonization. We’re going to be the next scapegoat.

edit: this post is not meant to be pro-consumerism. It is to keep aware that boycotters/anti consumerists will be in the crosshairs - the cult needs someone to blame. Do not think in terms of reason and reality with MAGA: the important thing is the headline and talking points they can make in a conservative vacuum.

Solidarity!

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u/piecesmissing04 3d ago

Right! The working class cannot afford to live anymore and those in charge want to cut even more help for them to give tax breaks to the rich. That’s what will end our system, the greed of the rich but they will blame us for refusing to spend the Pennys we get on their products

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u/mkat23 2d ago

Back in 1950 the average household income was $3,300 and the median price of buying a house was $7,354. That $3,300 would be equivalent to a household income of a bit over $43,000 today. The $7,354 price of a home would be about $89,000 today when adjusted for inflation. Today the average household income is about $66,622 and the median price for buying a home is $419,200 in the US. Retail was a common job in 1950 where families could afford to live on a single income, today it would be pretty hard to afford to exist working in retail.

Wages and inflation haven’t lined up for a long time and it’s ridiculous that we keep being told that raising wages is the issue, but seems to me it’s greed by the people who already have more money than they could spend in several life times. They raise their incomes, not their employees, then blame the working class for wanting to be paid enough to even exist and for not spending money that we don’t have because they kept it for themselves. Somehow people have been convinced that wanting to afford to live is the problem, not the greed of the people who already make a ton of money. Billionaires shouldn’t exist.

It’s like they are hoarders, except it’s money, not a bunch of random stuff.

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u/piecesmissing04 2d ago

100% I told my dad today that the greed of the rich is destroying everything. It’s really bad here in the US but Canada, UK and Europe aren’t far behind. They will find themselves where we are in 10 years if they don’t seriously change course.

For us in the US we need a complete overhaul of how things work.. from healthcare to income difference between CEO and average employee, everything is completely out of balance and unless we bring what the top 1% make and what the rest of us get closer together the future will be horrible for most of us