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<<there was a non-trivial amount of time when wages didn't keep up. When prices were rising so fast that they outpaced any wage increases. That period lasted about two full years (from April 2021 to April 2023). >>

And yet Dems did comparatively well in the Nov. 2022 elections. I'm wondering if maybe the fact that the Dem presidential nominee is, you know, a woman of color might factor in here in a nontrivial way, with a lot of the "it's the inflation" and "it's the migrant invasion" stuff serving as convenient self-justifying rationalizations to more than a few voters who would apparently opt for almost anyone, even a sclerotic fascist, over a brown female.

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