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Protestation (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 month ago by protestation@discuss.tchncs.de to c/communism@lemmy.ml

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[–] rwhitisissle@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For 40 years

Everything was so great for the working class before...(checks notes)...1984...

yeesh.

[–] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I started working in 1985. Things are undeniably worse than they were then. Yeah minimum wage looked like shit comparatively but there was still 5c candy.

[–] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Inflation-adjusted minimum wage in 1985 is $9.51. Still shit, but better than much of the US today.