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Population growth is a pyramid scheme.

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I’d never actually thought of it that way but, holy shit, that’s pretty damned close!

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Capitalism is a pyramid scheme.

FTFY

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You can always move to North Korea if you don’t like capitalism that much.

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Why do we have to go to the extreme. The scandanavian countries are socialist/capitalist countries and they have one of the best living conditions.

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This is like if a guy starving in the desert complained he wants water and you offered to toss him into the middle of the ocean.

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lmao, stay mad nerd

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If you wanted the younger generation to continue producing workers for the capitalist machine, you should have made sure that potential parents had enough resources to actually maintain a family if they started one.

But yeah, that would have slightly reduced quarterly profits, and we can’t have that kind of long-sightedness messing with the short-term returns of our shareholders.

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I’ve been told it’s going to trickle down any moment now… </s>

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7 points

Shit, until the west falls, I’m staying rubber’d up and preferably, in the guts of other men rather than doing some shit that can accidentally saddle me with an 18-year money sink in a country that already wants my every last dollar; since that whole ‘reversible vasectomy’ thing sounds both too good to be true, and outside of my current capability for expenditure.

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You have a way with words my occasional butt cowboy.

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Occasional Butt Cowboy

You should post this to !bandnames@lemmy.world

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1 point

Aaaaaand subbed.

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0 points

18 years if you’re lucky.

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18 years feels like an outdated number. I know very few people around that age who are financially secure enough to move out, often even with roommates.

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Exactly.

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Millennials and Gen-Z are truly the lost generation.

Imagine still living with parents in your late twenties or even early thirties because you simply cannot afford to even rent your own place. Now imagine that work pays like shit and you are busting your ass working long hours to chase an eternal pipe dream of economic prosperity. You can’t even seek psychiatric help for your ailing mental health because it’s expensive, inaccessible and oversubscribed.

For a man, being in that situation makes you downright undateable so it’s not like you can rely on the joint incomes that couples do either.

And we wonder why toxic masculinity is on the rise…

The rich have done a smash & grab on the economy and made everybody poorer as a result of their own greed. It’s a dangerous game.

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5 points

where is $1500 rent?

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Right?

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Med rent for Chicago area is $1800.

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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

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  • All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
  • Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
  • Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
  • We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.

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