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I guess you never heard about inflation, must be nice to be that privileged.
I guess you never heard about a savings account or corporate greed, must be nice to be that privileged.
If you believe that a savings account outpace inflation I don't know how to help you. You've obviously never been poor, or very rich, if you swallow the official CPI numbers.
Mine does, at least, actual inflation.
The fake inflation that is just corporate greed is something that can never be outpaced by anything, not even housing as an investment which just makes your point double moot.
The solution is to put an end to the current economic system. It's not serving me or you. It's just stealing from us:
https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/
You almost get it, the system is stealing from you, but through monetary debasement. Corporate greed is actually mostly a side effect of monetary debasement, because people are forced to invest into companies to preserve their wealth, and the companies need to increase profits excessively to keep up with inflation, pay out dividends, and raise their stock price.
This is only one of the many ways in which the rich steal from us. Believe me, I fucking get that part.
Cool! You may want to look more into the consequences of monetary debasement though.
Will do. You should look more into non market housing and co-ops though.
And why does monetary debasement happen? you use it like it's just something some evil person did to harm you. when in reality it's a necessity to counteract wealth hoarding.
The Libertarian fever dream of a society without inflation, or straight up wealth taxation can only lead to the creating of a new aristocratic dictatorship, because eventually a small group of people would own everything, literally recreating feudalism.
Ah, another rich, privileged asshole. Inflation hits poor people the hardest, they have nothing to invest, they have no surplus money to absorb increased cost, they have no bargaining power with their employer.
now that is entirely your fault for not being part of a union, the magic thing that actually got the working man everything he has, literally. and no, inflation hits the wealthy the hardest because they have more actual savings, it affects you heavily because you are a good little drone and drank the liberal coolaid.
what is the alternative in a world where people can amass money without anything reducing the real value of said wealth? Entire cities owned by one person?
Of course a privileged asshole blames the victims. Just stop being poor!
I'm unionized, why aren't you? it doesn't make me privileged to not drink libertarian coolaid.
Ah yes, in your fantasy unions exist everywhere. You obviously don't know reality because you're fucking privileged.
no one's stopping you, you think that unions just appeared out of nowhere like some natural resource?
Like I said, victim blaming. Fuck you.
not really, but honestly, most Americans were completely implicit in killing off the unions, you are a victim of your own doing, but hey, if I'm rich just because I work as a cashier at a store that has a union, then you need to really reevaluate your standards.
PS: there is a reason the rich pay millions to pump out propaganda about "muh evil inflation", because unlike you, they do have class consciousness, ironically