By the way, Marx literally predicted wages stagnating even as production increases. I’ve also added some other benchmarks to help gauge where earners would stand given how much they currently earn.

25k in 2020-> 57k

35k in 2020-> 80k

45k in 2020-> 103k

50k in 2020-> 108k

75k in 2020-> 172k

100k in 2020-> 229k

  • AllTheRightEngels [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    My grandmother put herself through college by working as a grocery bagger over the summer and would save up enough to pay for a whole year of school. She's a cool boomer, but I think about that a lot