in a country that keeps basic necessarities scarce and expensive the thought of losing the one benefit - an endless overconsumption of cheap low-end products and services - terrifies a lot of people
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people worried about taco bell prices going up b/c of a $15 minimum wage is just another example that americans think of themselves as consumers rather than laborers
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is there even a path forward for labor centered leftist politics in a post industrial consumer society?
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imagine being worried about taco bell prices going up, why would anyone even go there after they got rid of the mexican pizza
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cheesy fiesta potatoes or bust
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ironically having less money forces you to be more conscious of consumer spending as well. its cyclical
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i don’t really agree with this bc it doesn’t account for unpopular industries like healthcare but there’s absolutely a mentality that gains for some laborers come at the expense of all others. i think the taco bell stuff is part of that
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Just another example of how Americans need compulsory education camps
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that’s why all the jobs going overseas to china has been mostly met with a shrug.. if you can buy the widget for $5 instead of $15 it’s fine by you
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Blue collar workers that are openly resentful towards this baffle me. Most just seem so gaslit by those that benefit the most from being in a higher financial class that they'll get sucked into some weird narrative.
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As much shit Walmart gets I'm sure Sam Walton would spin in his grave to see what his kids did to the company. I'd go so far as to say they helped cultivate the mindset of those scoffing at a proper minimum wage. There's a bargain vs. trying to get something for nothing.
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