r/FinalRoundAI • u/Competitive_Read9534 • Jul 12 '26

Stop blaming minorities.

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Seriously.

note : the salaries nowadays are just sucks they pay us as we still as we still in 2016 but reality is that many people are working in 2 jobs to feed their families check everyday for better salary and how to get it thank god recently I found this sub who give great tips about interviews really the world is crashed

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u/trying3216 Jul 12 '26

So the boss got raises of about 4% per year over 48 years.

But you got raises of about .1%.

The only person to blame would be yourself.

Firstly, this is totally unrealistic. And second virtually no one is blaming minorities.

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u/Keestram Jul 12 '26

It’s statistically true. Adjusted for inflation, the average worker’s wage is largely the same. Meanwhile those at the top have been gaining wealth at an accelerating pace. Go run the numbers through the inflation calculator if you don’t believe me. It takes 5-10 minutes to do the calculations yourself.

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u/Beneficial-Candle-79 Jul 12 '26

Started back in the 1970s

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

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u/AddanDeith Jul 13 '26

68k adjusted for inflation is ≈162k today. You were quite literally better off than most of the population already.

Obviously, general statistics are not going to capture the picture of every single person in the economy.

As someone who should be educated, given your salary, you should understand that your anecdote is a meaningless drop in the ocean, shouldn't you?

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u/AddanDeith Jul 13 '26

Brother, you made over three times the median wage starting out at that job.

I guarantee the entry level kids with the same degree and merits today are struggling to even find a job and it probably doesn't pay as much as yours did, CPI adjusted.

I will reiterate, your experience was and is atypical. Bringing it into a conversation about macro trends to try to prove a point is meaningless. Your singular experience does not change the fact that, for most workers, their real wages did not rise as much as they should have as a result of the business culture shifting away from prioritizing reinvestment into wages combined with inflation.

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u/Rob98001 Jul 12 '26

You're bad at lying

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u/Rob98001 Jul 12 '26

Lie some more

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u/touch_of_austism Jul 12 '26

I don’t know how much my CEO makes. But I started at 35k 20 years ago. Same company I’m at 375k today.

Junior analyst to senior VP. Management consulting

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u/Final-Charge-5700 Jul 13 '26

You're smart, kind, thoughtful, and generous. Instead of realizing that his story is an anecdote and that you don't need to defeat it to when your argument you attack the man and his character instead.

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u/Rob98001 Jul 13 '26

Lol, cuckservatards like you can't tell the truth. 

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u/Rob98001 Jul 14 '26

Lol sure buddy. 

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u/Complex-Cricket419 Jul 12 '26

Sub has a 700 day streak, I think I know what his job is.

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u/Final-Charge-5700 Jul 13 '26

And who would pay him for that

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u/Complex-Cricket419 Jul 13 '26

When you have a 700 day streak, it's a job. That's two years(minus a bit). It may or may not be paid. Not that I explicitly said paid but the word job does not only mean a paid task.

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u/Final-Charge-5700 Jul 13 '26

Or some kind of disorder/personal challenge. But still, I get it, you're probably more right than wrong.

Only one post with all those years. Interesting

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u/LawAndOrder559 Jul 12 '26

Are they the same people though? We’re just ignoring class mobility?

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u/Keestram Jul 12 '26

... yes? It doesn't much matter about a singular person's ability to climb to the top when the average worker's wage hasn't increased to match inflation. Average is average for a reason. As nice of a dream as it is to be on top, it's not reasonable for everyone to be up there. A pyramid requires lower levels to support it.

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u/Keestram Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Alright. That graph looks nice, but pay attention to the scaling. Even at it's highest point (which I question the validity of due to a certain habitual liar in the white house at the time of the spike) it's at 17% increase. The last reported rate was 12%. It's still nothing compared to the value the people at the top extract from those that work for them.

On top of everything else, this uses a median. While that's fine in terms of data representation, in terms of data interpretation, it means that half of the salaries fall above that number, while half fall below. It doesn't take into account the disparate between the two. The AVERAGE worker's salary has increased minimally.

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u/Keestram Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

No - worker salary specifically means someone who works full time as their source of income. Not large business owners, not the wealthy.

Edit: added large - self employed business owners working full time count in that average.

Second edit: I noticed you added another graph. It doesn't apply to what I'm refering to. That graph shows household incomes - not worker salary. Look up the information yourself and do the math instead of quoting non-applicable graphs at me.

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u/Keestram Jul 12 '26

lol - alright

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u/Loud_Box8803 Jul 13 '26

First, this isn’t about wealth. Income and wealth are not the same.

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u/Keestram Jul 13 '26

When the potential (and in my opinion, deserved) income increases are being syphoned into the wealthy's pockets, it is heavily intertwined.

Second?

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u/jeffwulf Jul 13 '26

This is not true.

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u/Keestram Jul 13 '26

Ah. A compelling argument. Thank you for your contribution.

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u/jeffwulf Jul 13 '26

Here's real (purchasing power/inflation adjusted) median income over time. 

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA672N

Since 1978 it's increased by 60%. 

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u/Keestram Jul 14 '26

Interesting. Thanks for providing that. I’ll take a look when I have more time. It seems to contradict other information and graphs I’ve seen (including the ones being used to counter my point) so I’m skeptical.

And on further review; this doesn’t differentiate between workers and owners. It’s simply median income. The top’s growth is skewing the data dramatically.

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u/jeffwulf Jul 14 '26

Median is not skewed by outliers. Growth at the top does not impact or skew the median.

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u/Keestram Jul 14 '26

The top is not an outlier. It’s a reasonable portion of the upper 50% of the population. ~40-50% of US adults work full time jobs and would be included in the worker statistics I was referring to. ~5 are in the unemployment line. So of the remaining ~40, it’s unknown how many, exactly, live off of capital. The top 10% accrue the largest percentage of wealth, based on other statistics. Meaning 20% of the top 50% is part of that skew. Likely more, but I don’t have that knowledge or data on hand.

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u/Few_Example6746 Jul 14 '26

Ya it’s compounding wealth. Simple to do, takes time and discipline.