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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] franklin@lemmy.world 54 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

That's by design. It's the natural end result of trying to maximize exploitation.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Yay Capitalism!

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

"By design" and "natural end result" aren't the same thing, but it's a little from both columns anyways

[–] franklin@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Fair enough

[–] rothaine@lemm.ee 25 points 11 months ago

Aka wage slavery.

If you can't afford to miss a paycheck, you can't afford to say no to your boss.

And if you can't afford to miss a paycheck, you don't have time to prep a resume, go out for interviews, or other activities that would allow you to find a new job.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How does this compare to typical? Haven't Americans generally had a significant portion of the population living paycheck to paycheck?

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 15 points 11 months ago

This number has been steadily increasing over time. It was 30% in the 90s, 40% in the 2000s. Then with the ‘08 recession and onslaught of shit since then, it spiked up into the 60s for a while around ‘21. I am surprised it’s back down into the 50s again, but maybe that speaks to just how little $1k can buy you after the exploitative price gouging of the past few years.

[–] some_guy 10 points 11 months ago

We’re fucked. But Lonnie can still buy a company and run it into the ground, so the system works!

[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago