General@lemmygrad.ml to Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml · 10 months agoDo you agree with Adam Curtis?lemmygrad.mlimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down12
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minus-squarelemmus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·10 months agoI am inclined to agree, but I believe it is more that we have been conditioned to tolerate the discomforts, inconveniences, and pain of capitalism.
minus-squareWhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months agoI saw a chart a while back that showed the average wage in the US is less today than in the great depression. I didn’t vet the sources, but it makes sense. It’s just been normalised.
I am inclined to agree, but I believe it is more that we have been conditioned to tolerate the discomforts, inconveniences, and pain of capitalism.
I saw a chart a while back that showed the average wage in the US is less today than in the great depression. I didn’t vet the sources, but it makes sense. It’s just been normalised.