• Shadywack@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Healthcare is unobtainable for most, housing is now a pipe dream for most, prosperity falling apart, working until you die. “We need to incarcerate all the drug addicts and kill the crazy people”.

    If only the mass shooters would just target the rich instead of the general public, but I agree with you. A Thanos snap on a good chunk of the conservatives would fix a ton of shit.

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      1 year ago

      That thanos snap better take care of a all the very corrupt politicians and unchecked capitalists as well pretty please.

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      1 year ago

      Healthcare is unobtainable for most,

      What do you mean?

      housing is now a pipe dream for most,

      What do you mean?

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        1 year ago

        I guess it’s not technically unobtainable, it just puts you into financial ruin to utilize healthcare. I call that unobtainable if you’re trying to be financially responsible.

        When I look at housing and I see that it has to consume %50 or more of people’s annual budget, that means young people need to earn around 115-150k/yr in order to become homeowners, and that’s only after banks have shifted the goal posts. Young professionals are also much more likely to be saddled with 30-65k of student debt.

        When you combine that with the inflation spike that happened last year, and the rising rents, there’s many people earning only $25/hr but rent is $2k/month.

        Just fucking good times. The next spike will probably be the suicide rates.