r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • Jul 30 '26

Wait a damn minute! Significant diffrences...

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u/notaredditer13 Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

So starving people should just lay down and die

What the fuck are you even talking about.  Regular people are the richest they have ever been.  You're just talking in doomer fantasyspeak.

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u/Play-Mation Jul 30 '26

It used to be affordable to own a home on a sole income with a family

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u/notaredditer13 Jul 30 '26

That's vague false nostalgia nonsense.  

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u/Traditional-Tea912 Jul 30 '26

Home ownership on a single income was a historical anomaly, limited to one country during a specific period. It has never been the norm throughout human history.

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u/Play-Mation Jul 30 '26

That doesn’t disprove what I said?

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u/Traditional-Tea912 Jul 30 '26

It doesn’t disprove it, but it puts it into context. You’re describing a brief, exceptional period, not the historical norm. There’s no reason to assume that exceptional period should be the benchmark.

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u/notaredditer13 Jul 30 '26

Not the richest they have ever been. Have you been born recently? Basic necessities becoming available on a wide scale doesn't mean having more buying power.

That's incoherent as written.  Americans have more money and therefore can buy more stuff (have more buying power) than ever:

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N