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I agree with you and the math checks out The challenge is that this is a hard argument to make to most people because they aren’t aware of the hedonic treadmil
by AndrewKemendo 2mo ago
I agree with you and the math checks out
The challenge is that this is a hard argument to make to most people because they aren’t aware of the hedonic treadmill
I could easily afford the life my grandfather had in 1950, but I wouldn’t have a fuel injected motor, vaccines, a laptop or a job in computing.
My air would be full of lead and my drinking water would be cloudy and smell like sulphur.
That life is possible in San Angelo Tx today on ~15,000 a year, the equivalent of his salary in 1950
- queenkjuul 2mo agoWho the fuck can afford even one house, let alone several, on $15,000??
- AndrewKemendo 2mo agoWell if you get your friends and family to help to build them (which is what people used to do) and then cut a deal for cheap land in remote Nebraska Just pretend like it’s 1950 and use the tools and build the community you need to do it like they did back then No fair using nail guns
- queenkjuul 2mo agoI grew up in remote Nebraska. You can't afford it there either, especially on remote Nebraska wages