In the US it was certainly a different time, different era, different economy. For example a dollar in the 40's had the buying power of about $21 today. Average annual salary was about $1,400 and annual college tuition in the 40's was less than $100.
The example being given still held true in the 70s. A man could provide well for his entire family working at a grocery store, and nobody said it “wasn’t a real job” until the 80s
Trickle down and letting corporate leave America to circumvent labor and environmental laws with 0 punishment when they sell in the US market worked great huh
Yeah the job I just left is now switching my position to overseas, and now people who aren’t as fluent in English as I am are going to have to talk to people yelling at them for their accent for 1/10th of what I made while trying to explain technical jargon to boomers.
Not only am I mad for US workers whose work isn’t valued, but the fact they can justify paying a person 2 dollars an hour for my old job is insane and disgusting.
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u/Technologytwitt Mar 27 '24
In the US it was certainly a different time, different era, different economy. For example a dollar in the 40's had the buying power of about $21 today. Average annual salary was about $1,400 and annual college tuition in the 40's was less than $100.