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“While inflation has cooled from its peak, grocery prices have not returned to where consumers remember them,” Martin told The Post.

“Food prices have effectively reset to a permanently higher level after years of supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, transportation costs, and broad inflationary pressures,” he added.

Meanwhile the minimum wage hasn't been raised in almost 20 years. There's nothing that leads to revolution faster than hunger:

Every society is three meals away from chaos

-Vladimir Lenin

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[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 66 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Trump has catastrophically failed in delivering every single promise he made to the working class MAGA cunts who voted for him. However, these dumb bastards still vehemently and passionately support him, with some even outright lying to convince themselves Trump has made their lives better.

There is no greater evidence that Trump's supporters support him entirely for his racism, corruption, pedophilia and atrocities. Its the only thing he's delivered on, and they're head over heels for it.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Trim has catastrophically failed in delivering every single promise he made to the working class MAGA cunts who voted for him

He delivered 100% on being a Nazi, and that's the only one that really matters to them. They'll sacrifice themselves to hurt minorities. They've practically told us this and now they're proving it

[–] toomanypancakes@fedinsfw.app 18 points 1 month ago

They still support him, too, despite the broken promises, because he's a nazi. We're not talking about good people.

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

💯 They only voted for Trump so they can be openly racist.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 12 points 1 month ago

Conservatives value in-group solidarity more than almost anything else. Feels good in their brain.

You'd probably be an asshole too if you came a little every time you yielded to authority. That's how their brains work.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

1 in 4 girls are sexually abused before age 18. 1 in 6 boys. That's a lot of pedophiles. The math adds up is all I'm saying. They love him because he's just like they are.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where are you getting these numbers from? That seems insanely high.

One thing is true, not every Republican is a pedophile, but every pedophile is a republican.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

https://www.adamhorowitzlaw.com/blog/how-many-children-will-experience-sexual-abuse-before-they-turn-18/

Seems my stat on boys has changed since I last look, 1 in 4 girls still though.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That's a weird typo

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 36 points 1 month ago

They said if I voted for Kamala the prices would be high and we'd be in more wars. Well, they were right!

[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Doesn't even provide health insurance as a right to its people

[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When you put the entire population of folks that used to work the fields and man the meat processing plants into concentration camps and then lose a war that spikes food transportation costs, why would you expect anything less?
What did Trump say recently about his feelings about families struggling with higher costs of living?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't forget tariffs on Canadian food and potash, which you don't apparently need.

You're right, I can't believe I left out the huge effects of the tariffs by hissy fits.

[–] Feddinat0r@feddit.org 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

The rich certainly are.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Took the NYPost a full two years to notice grocery store inflation again.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 month ago

Relief? Wait until the petrol shortage really hits prices.

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If anyone ever thought he would help people in lowering their bills — you just bought another seat in his grifting class held at his defunct school.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Trump voters are if you took an imbecile, gave him brain damage and then replaced his brain with straw.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

He's a con man and always has been.

But the conservatives just love to punch themselves square in the balls to own the libs, because they rely on the fact that everyone else will suffer, too, and they hope that libs suffer more.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 9 points 1 month ago

When will Biden do something about it!?!?

[–] bunnybunny@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

If only those Republican voters who are not MAGA and don’t agree with Trump would vote for the Democratic candidate, but they won’t. The best they can do is not vote.

[–] weps@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

beautifull word

gro ce ries

[–] APinkOrange@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago
[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

"Every society is three meals away from chaos

-Vladimir Lenin"

The US starved for over a decade during the great depression. Even by WWII almost 40% of men were turned away from joining the army because of malnourishment so bad it had affected their development.

People really like to pretend revolution is just around the corner.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Then how is it that I was seeing headlines today about how inflation has softened, been "tamed", etc.? Is that just based on the Fed not raising rates (even though they probably should)?