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896 sats \ 22 comments \ @siggy47 7 Jun 2024 econ

this is where things quickly took a turn for the bizarre because while the headline payrolls number was clearly - and purposefully - stellar, the unemployment unexpectedly increased from 3.9% to 4.0%

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119 sats \ 7 replies \ @grayruby 7 Jun 2024

At least everyone is starting to recognize all these numbers are bullshit. The real game for wall street is "I know it's bs, you know it's bs, we all know it's bs, but is everyone else going to just keep pretending it's accurate data and trade accordingly or call bs and trade accordingly."

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118 sats \ 6 replies \ @siggy47 OP 7 Jun 2024

It reminds me of this quote: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2023/10/14/know-lie/

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182 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 7 Jun 2024

Yep, this reminds of of Adam Curtis documentary "Hypernormalization". He mentions Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn I believe.

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104 sats \ 3 replies \ @kepford 7 Jun 2024

This aspect of our culture/nation is to me one of the most toxic things. Its a culture based on lies and it is slowly destroying us. It is present from the most external to most internal aspects of our culture. I believe the only solution is for each person to start refusing to lie to themselves and accept lies in their life. This doesn't mean you need to be a jerk. We should be kind but we should stop with all the lying and pretending. We have seen how it ends. Not pretty.

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60 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 7 Jun 2024

This society has lost lots of its morals and traditional values.

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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 8 Jun 2024

A lot of people say this but I don't think many realize how fundamental it is. When people talk about this I think they mean specific traditions and religious beliefs but it is even more fundamental. One can still say a lot of things while being fake. People fool themselves. People lie to themselves. It is rampant. People make vows and think nothing of breaking them. People do not value their word. They do value their own values.

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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 8 Jun 2024

Being a person of honesty is missing. If you are honest, you have morals, you keep your word. This society is attacking those key traits, and destroying what they stood for.