Comment by petesergeant

Comment by petesergeant 3 days ago

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> 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.

      • petesergeant 3 days ago

        Attacking a point by attacking its supporting points is a pretty standard way of going about arguing.