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> Nowadays people want to have a TV, a phone, a computer, lots of software and entrainment on these devices etc That's not where the money goes. That stuff's n
by shantly 7y ago
> Nowadays people want to have a TV, a phone, a computer, lots of software and entrainment on these devices etc
That's not where the money goes. That stuff's nothing. You can get working TVs all day long for peanuts on Craigslist. I just last week grabbed a hell of a used business workstation PC on Ebay and threw in an SSD for funsies, under $200 total including the brand-new SSD. Thing screams for all normal tasks. Will probably last years. Basically nothing in the scheme of things. Can someone on a low income reasonably buy one on a whim? No. But having a TV, phone, and computer is not why people are poor.
Housing, medical care, child care. School (see also: housing costs). Those are expensive. Our modern conveniences are nothing in comparison.