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An international (English speaking) socialist Lemmy community free of the "ML" influence of instances like lemmy.ml and lemmygrad. This is a place for undogmatic shitposting and memes from a progressive, anti-capitalist and truly anti-imperialist perspective, regardless of specific ideology.

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Oh hey, also the same thing with environmental issues

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[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I almost thought this was going a different way. I'm happy to be wrong.

I imagine some capitalist, right-wing fucker is screaming at their screen going "nu-uhhh" and furiously typing that you're wrong despite having done zero research.

I'm employed, and I live like I'm in poverty. As much as I want to lift up the homeless, I would also appreciate fair wages for the employed.

Since rent/housing has gone insane, I'm having a hard time making things work on the money I'm making. I'm well over the "poverty" line and I can't afford to put fuel in my car and buy name brand products, even if I wanted to. Products like.... Idk, Campbell's.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Minimum wage desperately needs to rise. It's not either or.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

I agree.

Everything needs to rise IMO. Except for the highest levels of management.

My job in 2016 paid 90% of what I make now. Inflation in that time has been around 25%, and I've only increased around 10%...

Minimum wage is far worse, I know this, but just because minimum wage needs to increase doesn't and shouldn't imply other areas don't also need to be increased.

I'm in a more senior position, and I've changed jobs at least three times to get where I am now. If minimum goes up, I won't be angry about it, but I will be left wondering why I'm not also getting more.

Companies need workers and wages have been stagnant, and plenty of working people who used to be middle class, are now homeless, despite still being employed.

The whole situation is fucked and the only people profiting out of everything are the wage theives at the top and their shareholder friends.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I knew such a right wing fucker had to exist, so I found him for you: https://youtu.be/lNgqNE78N1g

Guy runs two channels, both animated right wing propaganda. That's the more serious of the two, the other has shit like this: https://youtu.be/X6Xe3SGUH6A