Too many people exist compared to the past. Optimization has made it where less employees can cater compared to the past. People used to die earlier in life and

Too many people exist compared to the past. Optimization has made it where less employees can cater compared to the past. People used to die earlier in life and inheritance was more of an impact upon spending. I doubt we're even seeing the worst situations from people living off minimum wage. Give it 20 more years and people will riot (if not already) or universal income will have rolled out by then. I live close to my employer and take Uber when I rarely need to go somewhere far. A good amount of the drivers I've spoken to, have a middle class job and they're driving on the side. They do it for a few hours after work or on weekends and typically are raising a family. Minimum & even middle wage isn't what it used to be. A stay at home parent used to be possible for middle class and not only if you're in the upper range is when it can be feasible. Unless the stay at home parent can do work at home on the side it's not possible anymore for the low tiers.