This all started with an idiot post by Chris Rufo that "the economy is strong and income has never been higher." Why would someone in the Trump coalition say something so retarded not a couple months removed from the election? Because people are still mad that about legally flooding the country with Indians. archive
Chris then kicked off the party in earnest by insisting that everything is doing great because someone, somewhere got a $70k job at Panda Express. archive
This is basically "full employment." The Panda Express near my house is offering $70k/yr plus benefits for the assistant manager. You can make $100k/yr working at Chipotle for a few years and working up to store manager.
People are talking about H-1B foreigners replacing American engineers AND THIS IS YOUR INPUT IN THE CONVERSATION??
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Boomercon influencer "Wanye Burkett" had a Helen of Troy moment that kicked this off (he deleted) (archive)
I literally don't care if the entire country burns down and everyone I love dies, that would be better than giving an inch to "right wing" 24-year-olds who are indistinguishable from progressives except they hate immigrants
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Matt Walsh appears, of course. No boomercon situation would be complete without the Daily Wire's Ron Swanson showing up to give us the astroturfed bearded family man position archive
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Reminder that Chris just hired a porn star lib for a $300k journalist position (archive)
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My absolute favorite part is Rufo retweeting a guy who did exactly what he's recommending (worked his way up to manager position in fast food) without reading the whole thread where the guy says it was a horrible experience that he would only wish on his worst enemies archive
If Vivek's "Saved by the Bell" post was his Waterloo, this is the Con Inc Pearl Harbor. The entire conservagrifter alliance turned out to get decimated on X. Bottom line is, nobody would be taking issue with "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" except the people preaching that want to import foreigners to replace the people they're talking to!!
"Learn to code" has now become "learn to shovel fried rice." Amazing economy!!
There was one reply Rufo retweeted which was basically "You could live the 1950s lifestyle on this budget so I don't get why you're complaining."
First of all, lol no. That's enough to buy your home and raise a family on a single income and have a comfortable retirement if you live in Smallville. How many fast food manager positions are there in Smallville? Two? Three? You're gonna be the one in a thousand who gets that position? If you live somewhere with an active tech industry (you know, the places that have the jobs you're qualified for), your cost of living is gonna be way higher. And god forbid you're trying to find work in your hometown, rather than being an economic migrant in your own country.
Second, what happened to 70 years of growth? What happened to four generations of sacrifice between now and then that we can only afford 1950s wealth to our own people? Well I know what happened to that wealth. You formed an Everyone But White Men coalition, paid off the peons, and took the rest for yourselves. Or at least, some people did - Rufo gets paid more in momentary influence than actual wealth, because he apparently has the disposition of a woman who settles for being the third wife in a polygamy.