10-16-2024, 04:57 PM
Is there a placebo effect here? Like, if people thought that crime was spiralling out of control, then belief in the efficiency of public order would decline, trust in authority would erode, and crime would get worse, merely by virtue of mass psychology.
The same is true with job reports. Businesses would believe consumers were continuing to "tighten their belts", would decrease projections, and in turn, would cut back on expansion and new hiring. Hopes of a "soft recovery" would be lost.
On the other hand, is lying to the public ever justified? Perhaps that's why they hide it behind statistics and layers of bureaucratic confusion. It certainly isn't like the major media is highlighting this; they're playing along. Only Tim "Civil War" Pool seems worked up about it, and no one listens to him, because he wears a beanie.
The same is true with job reports. Businesses would believe consumers were continuing to "tighten their belts", would decrease projections, and in turn, would cut back on expansion and new hiring. Hopes of a "soft recovery" would be lost.
On the other hand, is lying to the public ever justified? Perhaps that's why they hide it behind statistics and layers of bureaucratic confusion. It certainly isn't like the major media is highlighting this; they're playing along. Only Tim "Civil War" Pool seems worked up about it, and no one listens to him, because he wears a beanie.
