doomer

Was gonna say, factoring for the extra costs like school, childcare, healthcare, retirement, car loans, no vacation pay it's basically crap pay anyway.

USA is a scam.

also using average instead of median is gonna skew the results massively

That is the point I am making in the body about income inequality, yes. But I’m glad we are on the same page.

Whaddya' mean?

These are the March 2025 figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. There are also the petit bourgeois to consider, who simply pay themselves a high wage by consuming the surplus value of their workers labor. Or in a less traditional definition, simply those who collect high salaries without actually contributing labor or generating value.

Of course, highly compensated workers such as skilled tradespeople, the classic doctors and engineers, etc would also affect it. Also for the bourgeois, they have to realize their capital gains at some point to spend the money, which gets filed as income.

However, you are absolutely correct. There is an entire world of high net worth individuals that collect stock compensation, funnel money into offshore accounts, create LLCs and nonprofits to vanish the taxes away, etc. If that were somehow accurately assessed and taken into account, I have no doubt these figures would be an order of magnitude higher.

I’ve been at bourgeois events. Seen their open disgust for the working class, minorities, and the marginalized. The unimaginable wealth they parade around in designer clothing, blood diamonds, and Audemar Piguets. The 6 car garages and winery estates. The callous disregard for the value of money, throwing away thousands without a single thought.

All of it, makes me rage with such depth that I am sure if I was in a like minded crowd with these ghouls in front of me, I would not hesitate to [redacted].