Comment by andrepd

Comment by andrepd 3 days ago

9 replies

It's not easy when the purchasing power of the working class has been falling steadily for the last 45 years. We have now blown past Gilded Age-levels of economic inequality and there's no signs of stopping.

homebrewer 3 days ago

This is a very, very Western-centered take. It's been growing in most other areas of the world, although from a much lower starting point. I'd say it's been "reverting to the mean".

petesergeant 3 days ago

> when the purchasing power of the working class has been falling steadily for the last 45 years

Yeah? How much did an always-on pocket sized computer connected to the internet cost in 1980?

  • izzydata 3 days ago

    Manufacturing a pocket sized computer has become equivalently easier as it is cheaper to purchase.

  • zetsurin 3 days ago

    This is a weird strawman and it has almost nothing to do the parent's claim. The guilded age is 1870-1890's.

    • petesergeant 3 days ago

      I was replying to the bit I quoted?

      • bee_rider 3 days ago

        Even if you had managed to come up with a point by selectively quoting the post, that would still be bad. The good-faith way to engage with somebody’s post is to reply to the meaning of the overall post. It might be necessary to cut some parts out for logical flow, but that shouldn’t change the meaning of what you are replying to.