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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 62 points 3 months ago (8 children)

how does minimum wage only double when products go 16x? jesus the education system really is shit in the US. there would be constant riots in the streets if only people knew arithmetic

[–] psivchaz@reddthat.com 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There's a LOT of people that don't understand inflation at all. They think something along the lines of, "I worked myself through college making $5/hr and it was hard and I didn't get to buy all the things I wanted but it was fine. These lazy entitled people want several times that much for the same work?!"

So it's not just basic math but basic economics and a basic understanding of reality that are sorely lacking.

[–] yarr@feddit.nl 1 points 3 months ago

There’s a LOT of people that don’t understand inflation at all.

Why don't we just tariff inflation so China has to pay it? This seems bigly smart.

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