It seems like the free market is set to bless us with yet another "once in a lifetime" economic crisis, and the working class will get the short end of the stick yet again. What are some tips or advice to not get hit too hard by this? I've heard having all your debt paid off helps but aside from that what are some practical things we can do that aren't just buying 3 years of canned beans and fucking off to a cabin in the woods? Any advice for what the low income and working class can do would be greatly appreciated

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Bespoke: having so much medical debt that you don't even care anymore. Like honestly what is my government going to do to get the money back, repossess my 10 year old PS3 and TV? Garnish my wages, which are already basically garnished paying medical aid/health insurance and the minimum repayment on the debt? Send me another 50 page bill in the mail? Granted I'm not American but still.

      • AlfredNobel [comrade/them,any]
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        4 years ago

        Give this administration time and the will reinvent the concept of debtors prison with an app developed by some silicon valley ghoul called "Payoff" or something.

          • Quimby [any, any]
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            4 years ago

            "More like paying your way to freedom!" -- The democrats, while doing nothing of substance to slow or change it.

          • machiabelly [she/her]
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            4 years ago

            New cryptocurrency that is mined by completing captchas employs 15% of the workforce. Company issued headsets can't be given to everyone out of a job because, "you have to earn it." Constant political discourse around cyrpto mining being a human right. :capybara-theorist:

          • Quimby [any, any]
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            4 years ago

            And because it's virtual reality, they could make your virtual habit nice if they wanted to. But they won't. The cruelty, as always, is the point.