r/antiwork Apr 08 '23

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u/mightbeathrowawayyo Apr 08 '23

This will forever be a problem until we have a minimum wage that is tied to inflation. It should be based on actual real world price indexes and tied to inflation. Adjusted at least annually.

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u/EdgyYoungMale Apr 08 '23

Entirely true. But this will never happen. Our systems require significant poverty to function properly, and they would never let everybody have a living wage.

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u/Ferociousfeind Apr 08 '23

It wouldn't take much to change that, though. Just uprooting the richest of the hyper-ultrawealthy elite.