• CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Put the value back into my income then, ye cunts.

    I make the same number as my dad used to. His was a different currency but the number was the same which makes it awfully simple to put everything into perspective.

    His house: 350 Mine: a little under half the size: 900

    I’m already down 550 in comparison.

    His insurance: 90 Mine: 160

    I’m down 620.

    His medicine cost and doctor visits: basically zero. Mine: 385 and half the medicine comes out of pocket nowadays.

    This difference is hard to put into perspectice as the 385 is once a year and medicine depends on the situation.

    Him: unemployed wife, groceries cost about 200 for a full month, owns a car and has 4 children.

    Me: wife works and has a hobby that makes money, no car because no money left. Groceries: we eat about 2/3rd of what they did and pay 200 a week. No children.

    We are down 1220 if we forget about insurance and medicine. I don’t make 1220 more than he did.

    Fuck this hellhole, you stole our life and i hope there is a hell for you scumbags.

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      1 year ago

      you stole our life

      Don’t blame your dad - however much you resent him it’s not like he has any influence over the economy. Instead blame the super rich who have real influence and are actively pushing policy to widen this social divide.

      • veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world
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        But it is partially their fault: they have the largest political clout by generation so welfare and zoning policies have always suited them at the behest of everyone else.

        And even if people don’t have kids, the rich aren’t going to be impacted. They just use immigration as a stop gap until everything is automated away and we see wealth imbalance get taken to 11. I’m talking gated communities everywhere with poverty in-between (e.g South Africa)

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      You’re choosing to be wilfully ignorant about inflation. You don’t make as much as he did in a real sense.