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> Worker shortages are no joke, there are $20/h+ jobs that people aren't willing to do. You can arbitrarily choose any wage level and complain that people are
by monkeydreams 4y ago
> Worker shortages are no joke, there are $20/h+ jobs that people aren't willing to do.
You can arbitrarily choose any wage level and complain that people are not choosing these jobs. The wage is not the point - the purchasing power is.
$800 a week is not a whole heap of purchasing power when you throw in things such as housing, medicals, etc, etc, especially if the person is time poor (due to commuting, schooling or other committments).
> It's almost as if a crash and a depression has to happen because of human psychology.
False choice. There are other paths that do not lead to a crash and depression, but these might force the upper classes to take a haircut on their expected wealth growth. Then again - for many people the rich becoming slightly less rich is pretty much the end of the world, I suppose.
- _8j50 4y agoWhat other paths? How do you imagine the rich who control government, media and military to "take a haircut" as you put it? They wouldn't be rich to begin with if they tolerated small loses without a fight.
- lowkey 4y agoWe start by recognizing that the option exists and then we discuss the merits and risks on forums like this one.
- _8j50 4y agoAgain I ask, what option? Let's discuss. See, if there was national unity and the rich saw everyone else as their own kind and everyone else saw the rich in the same way things might actually improve. Of course you have on the extreme mainstream politicians who advocate for simply taking away rich people's money or how billionaires shouldn't exist. As if no one raised them to lnow taking others stuff for no reason is theft and wrong.