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Contrary to claims by both the MAGA movement and the DSA, key economic indicators like real wages, household income, and manufacturing output are at historic highs.

While life expectancy has slightly declined, this is largely attributable to a small percentage of the population affected by fentanyl and drug use; the majority of Americans are living longer than previous generations.

Although young people may experience delayed financial independence due to extended education, they ultimately earn more over their lifetimes.

One great irony of our times is that the claims of economic decline that animate both the MAGA movement and the Democratic Socialists of America are indistinguishable from one another.

Both camps argue that, for more than a half-century, wages are

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