Redderthanmisty@lemmygrad.ml to Memes@lemmygrad.ml • 10 months agoWorkers of the world, Unite!imagemessage-square13 fedilinkarrow-up1195
arrow-up1195imageWorkers of the world, Unite!Redderthanmisty@lemmygrad.ml to Memes@lemmygrad.ml • 10 months agomessage-square13 Commentsfedilink
minus-squarecomfortable_doug [he/him, they/them]hexbear17·10 months agoSo like $69k a year, which isn't bad, per se, but in many cities that's still not enough to afford a three-bedroom apartment. link
minus-squareBurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear35·edit-210 months ago not after we make some changes to the cost of housing link
minus-squareSovereignState@lemmygrad.mlhexbear21·edit-210 months ago69/hr actually comes to ~140k a year edit: I'm dumb it's 20 hrs a week lol linkfedilink
minus-squareZoomeristLeninist [comrade/them, she/her]hexbear19·10 months agothats why we gotta go all Mao on the landlords link
minus-squareknfrmity@lemmygrad.mlhexbear12·10 months agoThat's a fair point, but if we're imagining a world with a twenty hour work week we can also imagine a world where life's basics aren't made unaffordable by capitalist greed. linkfedilink
minus-squarebloubz@lemmygrad.mlhexbear10·10 months agoWhy do you need there bedrooms for yourself? linkfedilink
minus-squarecomfortable_doug [he/him, they/them]hexbear21·10 months agoBecause children shouldn't be forced to work so that we can afford their bedrooms link
minus-squareSpaceDogs@lemmygrad.mlhexbear10·10 months agoI think they assumed it was one person living in the apartment. linkfedilink
So like $69k a year, which isn't bad, per se, but in many cities that's still not enough to afford a three-bedroom apartment.
not after we make some changes to the cost of housing
69/hr actually comes to ~140k a year
edit: I'm dumb it's 20 hrs a week lol
thats why we gotta go all Mao on the landlords
That's a fair point, but if we're imagining a world with a twenty hour work week we can also imagine a world where life's basics aren't made unaffordable by capitalist greed.
Why do you need there bedrooms for yourself?
Because children shouldn't be forced to work so that we can afford their bedrooms
I think they assumed it was one person living in the apartment.