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How did we get here ?

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30 years ago a family of 5 could not only live on one wage.. but pay off a house, a car. Go on a modest holiday and give the kids a decent birthday and xmas..
AngelofFail · 26-30, F
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout yeah... but if you want tell people now that you should be able to afford that with minimum wage if you work 40 hours a week people brand you a communist... wtf if wrong woth those people
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout My dad worked as a mechanic while my mom stayed home and raised 7 of us. We had food and shelter. Bithdays. Christmas was some shared presents and some individual ones. We had new shoes for school and some new clothes. Modest living. My parents built a home and a garage. Nowadays two parents need to work. Why has this changed so much?
@AngelofFail there’s something terribly wrong.. we humans have allowed ourselves to be turned into stock mules.. to the benefit of a few. With the premise and conditioning from birth that this is ‘life’ 😒
AngelofFail · 26-30, F
@PoetryNEmotion profits... people are way more productive today but everything goes into shareholder profits. and you arent allowed to criticize those or you are a socialist
SW-User
@PoetryNEmotion bc the dollar is worth abt 20 cents now. All foreign countries when u exchange dollars for you'll get less bc their $ is worth more than ours.
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout My employer thinks that because she hired me for health care that she OWNS me. I have said what I want. I guess she doesn't like me having a life outside work. Another problem with health care...