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Or, alternatively: the erosion of wages in the face of rising inflation has placed a reasonable lifestyle out of the reach of many people. No longer can a hous
by zzalpha 11y ago
Or, alternatively: the erosion of wages in the face of rising inflation has placed a reasonable lifestyle out of the reach of many people. No longer can a household function on a single income while owning a home and raising a couple kids. Unfortunately society demands such a lifestyle from folks in order to be deemed a "success" and so people life beyond their now eroded means because they only alternative is to give up the dream they were sold every time someone opined about the "American Dream".
Of course the alternative view is to blame these folks and tacitly assume that the right to a comfortable lifestyle with a couple kids is a luxury only for the rich.
- Omniusaspirer 11y agoI don't mean to assert this is an optimal scenario, but it is the one we've all been placed in. What choice do we really have but to try and live according to the circumstances we were born into?
- TheOtherHobbes 11y ago>What choice do we really have but to try and live according to the circumstances we were born into? We can also work to change those circumstances for future generations.
- Kalium 11y agoHow about we admit to ourselves that the "American Dream" lifestyle was only workable because most of the rest of the first world was a series of smoking craters? It's not sustainable going forward. It's not a sane goal. Abandon it. Reshape our goals around what can be reasonably accomplished.