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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 28

    Aral Balkan Retweeted HumanProgress.org

    Wait, this isn’t The Onion? Looks like Neoliberalism is really scraping the bottom of the barrel in search of a coherent argument. “You’re poor? Don’t worry, you can buy more cheap shit today than you could 30 years ago!”https://twitter.com/HumanProgress/status/990283509020360704 …

    Aral Balkan added,

    HumanProgress.org @HumanProgress
    Globalization, critics say, has led to wage stagnation, but look how much more affordable consumer goods have become thanks to trade and competition. https://buff.ly/2Idhu6t  pic.twitter.com/TmUFtAdvmU
    10:51 AM - 28 Apr 2018
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    • mastodon.social/mayo4u Andrew Leach Carol Romero #NiUnaMenos @heydon@mastodon.social Brian Eppert Demah Salma Typhii Catalyst One ((( Oblomova ))) 🇪🇺
    3 replies 12 retweets 30 likes
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      2. Demah‏ @demahalsinan Apr 28
        Replying to @aral

        LOL literally just just just unfollowed them because nothing saying oxy-fucking-morons like calling it a human progress account.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 28
        Replying to @demahalsinan

        Haha, I just unfollowed the person who tweeted it into my timeline for the same reason :) 🙌

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. MuteDialog‏ @MuteDialog Apr 28
        Replying to @aral

        What is specifically wrong with the argument? Purchasing power is what matters for the satisfaction of needs and wants not nominal wealth. or is it the basket of goods chosen that you object to?

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 28
        Replying to @MuteDialog

        I reject the premise of your argument. Purchasing power of consumer goods isn’t a yardstick for human welfare: what is the availability and cost of housing, what about healthcare, education… are there _meaningful_ jobs? What’s the state of inequality. These matter.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. MuteDialog‏ @MuteDialog Apr 29
        Replying to @aral

        True, but now you are into the game of designing a complete social system to maximise happiness rather than dealing with the narrow question of whether real wages are growing or stagnating which was the point that account you criticised was addressing.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. MuteDialog‏ @MuteDialog Apr 29
        Replying to @MuteDialog @aral

        The satisfaction of the need for consumer goods is a significant argument even if it is not the complete picture. So not exactly ‘scraping the bottom of the barrel’.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Louise Houston‏ @desertedbeach Apr 28
        Replying to @aral

        "we know you can't afford food and there's an increase in food banks but look... Gym equipment! Run off that poverty!

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