• BaldProphet@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    Housing crisis, 40-year out of date poverty level, a minimum wage that hasn’t been increased in 15 years and that has had a continuously decreasing purchasing power for almost 60 years. Most expensive healthcare, rampant student loan debt, record-breaking corporate profits, a self-immolating middle class, etc. etc.

    Honestly, it’s hard to find much to be happy about here right now.

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        8 months ago

        Surely there must be countries that have more flavors of rice a Roni?

        I know some countries have special flavors of KitKat compared to our lame selection

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      8 months ago

      a self-immolating middle class

      This is the worst part. Every time I see people who mainly consume digital entertainment scoff at getting it for free, it just cements in my mind how most people are useful idiots.

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      8 months ago

      The US is far richer than a lot of the higher ranked countries. Furthermore, it’s the best performing country out of the pandemic. Can’t be the reason for the drop

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        I’m so glad that big corporations are making record profits. It’ll trickle down any day now! /s

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        I’m glad you have insight into my level of happiness and its cause. I’ll correct myself the next time I think about how inflation is keeping me down. WRONG ANSWER, WALLET!

        Edit: To be more clear, I’m reasonably well-off and still terrified that I’ll die in a financial crisis. Our system sucks.

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          8 months ago

          That’s the issue, people are better off than they were under Trump, but social media made us all worried

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        7 months ago

        A tiny percentage of Americans hold the majority of that wealth. The average American is not wealthy.