▲ 1070 ▼ Fact (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago by sag@lemm.ee to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 107 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 76 points 2 years ago (2 children) You misspelled "wage slavery" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 13 points 2 years ago No no, they work for each other in exchange for money, which they use to buy goods... permalink fedilink source parent [–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* Depends on if you can't live comfortably or not still. The official poverty rate in the USA was 11.4% in 2020 with 37.2 million people under the poverty line. I'd wager many of them might not hold a job due to having young children as well. https://www.yonkerstribune.com/2021/11/slave-wages-what-are-slave-wages Out of the homes, 38 could be considered low income, 44 middle income and 18 high income. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/household-income-distribution-wealth-inequality-united-states/ So nearly 1/3 of Americans would be wage slaves by the latter. Even worse for those under the poverty line. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 13 points 2 years ago No no, they work for each other in exchange for money, which they use to buy goods... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* Depends on if you can't live comfortably or not still. The official poverty rate in the USA was 11.4% in 2020 with 37.2 million people under the poverty line. I'd wager many of them might not hold a job due to having young children as well. https://www.yonkerstribune.com/2021/11/slave-wages-what-are-slave-wages Out of the homes, 38 could be considered low income, 44 middle income and 18 high income. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/household-income-distribution-wealth-inequality-united-states/ So nearly 1/3 of Americans would be wage slaves by the latter. Even worse for those under the poverty line. permalink fedilink source parent
