People aren't pessimistic about the economy because they're just too stupid to know better. It's not a factual issue so there's not a factual solution. It's about safety, there are still fresh traumas from the pandemic and end of pandemic programs and once it's happened to you, you know it can again

The contra of this is why people think things are great right now, because we remember when things were vastly worse. We finally escaped, more and more people are, but leftists who became politically aware in 2020 want to make it 2010 again.

People would probably feel better about the economy if the average person wasn't one missed paycheck away from ruin and destitution.