this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2023
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I remember when they did the math and average pay today is lower than it was in the Great Depression. I see videos on YouTube about surviving on 1 dollar a day and it has millions of views. People are eating nettle soup the stuff people starved on in the English created famines in Ireland
It's cool though could be worse. Still slightly better than Slave or Serf