The mental well being of the American worker hit an all-time low in 2018, according to a report by Barron's. That's a bit shocking considering the economy is booming and wages are rising, right? Well, wages aren't rising that much, and much of the consumer spending is being put on credit cards, creating a vicious cycle of depression and consumerism that will repeat for a lot of folks.
So why are we constantly being told everything is fine? The mainstream media loves to say that the U.S. is nearly ten years into one of the longest economic expansions in history, unemployment is the lowest it's been in almost half a century, and employees have more job choices than they've had in years. But there's just one problem. That's not actual truthful when taking all of the data into consideration. Sure, unemployment is low the way the government calculates it, but there's a reason for that. 102 million Americans are no longer "in the workforce" and therefore, unaccounted for. Michael Snyder, who owns the Economic Collapse Blog says: "Sadly, the truth is that the rosy employment statistics that you are getting from the mainstream media are manufactured using smoke and mirrors."
Comment: By bowing to the mainstream media, promoting "authoritative sources" and basically turning themselves into 'television on the internet', YouTube is killing what made their platform great in the first place - original creators. People don't go to YouTube to hear the big MSM voices - they go for original content and to find things they can't find on television. By demonitizing and deranking anything slightly controversial, YouTube is accelerating its own trip into irrelevancy. Will they figure this out before they hemorrhage yet more billions?
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