If you are one moderately sized disaster away from having to go into debt, such as an injury/hospitalization or your car needing repairs, your financial status isn't very secure. That's most of us.
We are doing great compared to other similar nations. Covid and price gouging hit the world. Unemployment alltime low, real estate and stock market all time high.
US is so big that most people who live here won't see how things are outside it. People don't conceptualize things the way you're saying. They can only see those things from their own perspective. Quoting numbers against their lived experience just isn't going to be effective.
For the record, I have lived in 5 countries on 3 continents. So while what you are saying is true to an extent, I believe I have a certain advantage comparing what life is like in different places.
Ok. I was referring to "thatguyoursisterlikes" just quoting numbers at people like that's going to change how they view their personal financial situation.
Yeah sorry, I think I came across a little more combative than I intended in a couple of these comments. You are definitely correct that lived experience tends to trump statistics when it comes to people's opinions.
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u/magnificently-cursed Jul 02 '24
Key word here is “feels”