• Thomas_Dankara [any,comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    nobody I know has had their wages keep up with inflation over the past decade

    these pieces of shit hide trillions offshore and then blame the people they steal from.

    • Quimby [any, any]
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      edit-2
      2 years ago

      and that's just cpi inflation. real inflation is wayyyy higher.

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The average American worker would make $100,000/ year under a totally equal redistribution policy. And that's off Net national income, so less the costs of maintaining capital stock. That literally just the living labor value.

      That means that the exploitation rate is almost exactly 2 (median wage is $50k). Marx always used a surplus accumulation value that was equal to variable/labor value, and that was in the peak of industrial revolution England.

      • Thomas_Dankara [any,comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        yep, the exploitation is inherent to the mode of production and it's admittedly flawed to view things in terms of "wages keeping up with inflation" because it ignores what you said, good point