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I feel like technology has led to such an efficient form of capitalism over the past 20 years, that there's no room left for any possibility of social mobility. It's this system where there is just enough room for you to live and get by, but never get ahead. Prices for everything are so efficiently optimized at this point that there is no more "wiggle room" for a working person to build wealth. The basic necessities of life have risen to perfectly match your income. It's a new kind of slavery. As a single male with no family or debt, making 3x the median wage, I am just barely doing ok. I literally can't even imagine how other people are still surviving.
πŸ‘€aphextronπŸ•‘7yπŸ”Ό0πŸ—¨οΈ0

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Guys, downvoting aphextron isn't helpful. He's sharing his perspective.

I get that some of us are poor students living off of almost nothing, but try to listen when people talk about their own personal situation. People struggle with different things and we should try to learn from them instead of dismissing them.

Aphextron, I actually kinda get where you're coming from. Things like housing are appreciating so fast that you can be forced to rent, then pushed out of a neighbourhood that you helped gentrify because the rent is going up way faster than your ability to pay. The rent controls don't work because landlords can get around them, rarely get caught, and relationships can end without warning.

πŸ‘€3pt14159πŸ•‘7yπŸ”Ό0πŸ—¨οΈ0

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Where do you live, and what on earth are you spending your money on? Housing may be absurdly costly in many cities but $5.5k a month after tax (assuming you're American) is enough to do much better than "barely ok" almost anywhere. Are you significantly in debt or living above your means?
πŸ‘€joefourierπŸ•‘7yπŸ”Ό0πŸ—¨οΈ0

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High marginal income tax rates are designed to keep you from building wealth-- the capital-holding classes don't want the competition for assets.
πŸ‘€mobilefriendlyπŸ•‘7yπŸ”Ό0πŸ—¨οΈ0

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You make ~$90,000 a year and are barely getting by with no debt or children? Where do you live?
πŸ‘€dylrichπŸ•‘7yπŸ”Ό0πŸ—¨οΈ0

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{sum of your total monthly subscriptions/bills} = {your monthly paycheck}
πŸ‘€wufufufuπŸ•‘7yπŸ”Ό0πŸ—¨οΈ0

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The median wage is $37K (https://dqydj.com/united-states-income-brackets-percentiles/). That means you are making about $110K as a single person you can’t live off of that?
πŸ‘€scarface74πŸ•‘7yπŸ”Ό0πŸ—¨οΈ0

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Especially now that websites can jack up the price based on tracking data.
πŸ‘€gaiusπŸ•‘7yπŸ”Ό0πŸ—¨οΈ0