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Yess, I am so happy for this.
Why’d you cut off the qr code at the bottom?
That can’t be accurate. The reality is way worse. The top 1% wouldn’t even be visible on the chart at that scale. What am I missing?
That it only goes up to 2021
Even in 2019 when I took an intro to ethics class, we read an essay on wealth disparity and even then, the top 1% didn’t even fit in the same graph as everyone else.
this must be of only the working class
I’d believe that the top end of the working class has a net worth of 15 million at the start of retirement
That’s gotta be it. Doctors and lawyers might retire with a net worth of $15M.
Billionaire oligarchs make that much in less than a month.
Rate of change in 2021 (last data point on this graph) is nearly vertical. Five years of that would put a few zeros at the end of that figure, which is exactly what happened.
Even before 2021, the disparity was already so great it wouldn’t have fit.
WTF happened in 1971‽
In 1974, Congress re-wrote the tax code, and baked in Trickle Down Economics, and the permanent financial landscape improved greatly for the wealthy. The rest of us were dealing with high inflation (Remember Ford’s WIN buttons - Whip Inflation Now?), gas lines caused by the OPEC oil embargo, interest rates over 20%, etc., and didn’t recognize what was happening.
So when Reagan came along and pushed Trickle Down Economics, it was already in place, and ramping up, he was just introducing it, and selling it to the American people, and it became standard dogma for a long time.
The result has been a decades long re-distribution of wealth to the upper incomes, at the direct detriment of the working and middle-class.
That’s why it appears to start before Reagan - because it did.
New York Mag: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2020/09/rand-study-how-high-is-inequality-us.html
Fast Money: https://www.fastcompany.com/90550015/we-were-shocked-rand-study-uncovers-massive-income-shift-to-the-top-1
Reagan
It looks like this curve starts ramping up before 1981.
I am never again buying a post 2010 car. I’ve driven a few modern cars, and they have truly gone to shit. STOP BEEPING.
Why does it say keep my eyes on the road? I can only read that by taking my eyes off the road.
2024 car window button broke before it was a year old… the car was not even commuted in. Less than 10K miles in a year. The button was used maybe a dozen times? At most. This was a “high-quality” vehicle, the best reviewed of kind. Resets with updates, all settings lost. I have to go through menus to use radio, three menus? It beeps and dings constantly. I am enraged every time I drive it.
I hate you so much. I wait for death
My 2010 Jeep Wrangler is built out of Lego. There’s a million companies that make parts and I can customize everything on it 12 times over.
Unfortunately, it’s less aerodynamic than a cow and you feel every bit of variance on the road, but it’s still a fun ride in every season.
Right to repair laws would help things so much. If you didn’t like the firmware that came with the car, you could install alternative firmware. If the dealer sold a car that was known to have some terrible components, there would be a business opportunity for a car modder who would buy factory vehicles from the dealer and replace the most trouble-prone parts, then re-sell the car with a slight mark-up.
It used to be that when it came to high performance cars, there were groups like Alpine, AMG, Abarth, Shelby, Saleen, etc. They were often race teams, or associated with race teams. Sometimes they would buy stock cars and modify them for racing, or at least modify them for high performance. But, most of those have now been brought into the company most associated with them. Mercedes owns AMG, Alpine is part of Renault, etc. I would bet one reason that this is not as common anymore is that cars are heavily computerized, and the computers can use DRM to restrict anybody but the original manufacturer from modifying them.
My mom bought a 2024 Toyota Aygo X, and it will constantly beep at you if you go 2kph over the limit. You can turn it off by going into the menus but it’ll just turn on again on the next start
I would drive it directly off a cliff. That sounds like something they make you do in Hell Lite.
Particular annoying when it constantly gets it wrong. Like it read the traffic sign of the side street.
And includes ads. And needs an internet connection and only works if you agree if your data can be used “to improve their products and service”. And you need their app to control it, or it won’t work. A free app, with in app purchases. And more ads. And it has a camera and microphone for no reason which can’t be turned off. And 2 weeks after the warrenty, the fridge dies or they stop supporting the app basically bricking the device. While all you want is a damn fridge, washing machine, bike, oven, etc. which only does what it’s supposed to, longer than just 3 years.
Back in the days you were the product if something was for free. But now at least you need to pay to have your data stolen.
Wow, no AI. It would be a pleasure to have such stupid device.
Oh yeah, forgot about that. Friend of mine has a new commutity washing machine which has AI. Everything comes out half clean. So he uses the other one next to it, a 20 year old one which only has washing functions. It’s far superior, everything comes out clean.
Not only that, but you can’t even use price as a proxy for quality anymore. Choosing to splash out on something you want to last just means you’re going to be more disappointed when it inevitably breaks.
This is what got me. I started a really well paying job so me and the wife decided to splurge on some better, name brand appliances. I’ve replaced every single one in less than 5 years. Fuck GE, fuck LG, and definitely fuck Samsung.
My rule is if they’ve ever made a TV or a Cell Phone I’ll NEVER buy their appliance.
Only bosch
But you got all those sweet touchscreens and stuff right?
I wonder if there are good brands still. Bosch? Miele?
For washer/dryer it’s speed queen. Or it’s usually still easy to find people selling working older quality washers/dryers that are foolishly looking to upgrade to modern garbage.
They’re not the prettiest thing in the world, but buying commercial restaurant equipment would be the way to go.
Currently planning a remodel around that kind of stuff.
Freezers that are meant to be open and shut 40 times a day with a 1 degree temperature differential inside.
Fridges that are meant to safely chill food from hot through the danger zone to cold all day every day.
Ranges and ovens that are designed to be on 12-16 hours a day. For months to years on end.
Stuff like that.
How much is that going to cost you? I know long term it will probably save you money, but I would bet that the cost is triple the stuff you buy in a big box store.
There are probably times when the way restaurants do things isn’t appropriate for home cooking. For example, I read about commercial woks vs woks for home use. Woks used in restaurants tend to be thin and lightweight. They’re meant to be used with immensely powerful wok burners used in restaurants, and are light partially because a chef using a wok for hours and hours wants something as light as possible. If you’re a home cook, a heavier wok with a flatter bottom might work better because your stove probably can’t get as hot as a commercial wok burner. The flatter bottom means it heats better on the kinds of stove used at home, and is more steady when set down. The thickness helps it retain heat when it’s removed from the stove or when ingredients are added. A home chef doesn’t have to keep lifting the thing hour after hour, so the extra weight is ok.
A commercial fridge and commercial freezer sound great though. They seem to be built more and more delicately these days.
Personally, I like the industrial kitchen look. Now I just need 10 grand.
Miele is still very good imo. Expensive but good
My vacuum is a miele, it’s a tank but light and powerful, but it’s also 10 years old so I don’t know if the quality is still there today in new products.
That’s the difficult thing about reviewing the durability of things. If you want to talk about whether something will last for years and years, you have to wait years to publish the review. By the time the review is out, they might no longer sell the model that was being reviewed. In some cases, the company might have been sold to a private equity investor who is just milking the brand’s goodwill before the value tanks.
The boots theory is dead
Built-in obsolescence should be illegal. It’s so wasteful
In europe it is illegal. Guess what, it destroys everything nonetheless. Seems like laws apply only to workers…
Hmm, there are some products that should have a defined “end of life”. For instance, computer networking hardware which will eventually be outdated and no longer get security updates. The trick is, the EOL date should be clearly marked on the product at the point of sale so that the buyer can make an informed decision.
This is built-in obsolescence, but it’s better than the current situation where Cisco will sell you a firewall at full price and then decide 6 months later that they aren’t supporting that model anymore and you have to buy a new one.
computer networking hardware which will eventually be outdated and no longer get security updates
I don’t think that means that the correct approach is for the manufacturer to build in obsolescence. Sometimes the security threats don’t matter to some users, so they should be allowed to accept the risk and keep using the item. Or, there could be a rule in place that if the company no longer wants to maintain something, it is required to release the source to maintain it.
Yeah, I get that. I just feel like the general EOL of 2 years also works perfectly well with 15 years for most products.
What a jagged pill
Hope the protest non voters feel good about themselves.
Edit: you get what you wanted. Fuck you protest non voters. This is the reality you created. Have fun.
Are you blaming enshittification on just this current administration?
Absolutely not.
So how long have they been protest non-voting for enshittification?
Time.
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It’s weird, it’s almost as if every time you ignore your own voters, you lose them. And, uncannily, if you ignore them for decades, it gets worse, you lose even more! It’s crazy!
70% of Ds are done supporting Israel. Hope you’re happy with Israel’s murder machine on US voter’s dime. And Israel gets universal healthcare, while we have none. Fantastic job.
You’ll lose more voters next term. They don’t want what you are selling
(Ds are now down to 30% of voters, Independents are up to 40%)
You are a bad person. Full stop.
The term is skimpflation
I know it as shrinkflation.
That’s when they make products smaller for the same price. When they lower the quality of the ingredients/materials for the same price, it’s skimpflation
Ah that’s what I get for skim reading the meme I guess.
Life is short but unfair
no literally
Actually, everything (at least everything including in CPI) is cheaper.
In fact, during current Trump’s term median wages grew, by all measures.
Wow! You’re a treasure trove of bad opinions…
It appears that the CPI has also been enshittified. Only explanation.
CPI site says you are lying (US bureau of labor statistics). Just a head’s up, even the website has been enshittified.
Even independent researchers say that wages grew.
Maybe your perception has something to do with the lifestyle inflation?
Actually, everything (at least everything including in CPI) is cheaper.
You made this claim, it was FALSE. I responded to the FALSE claim that you made. Everything is not in fact cheaper, CPI went up 2.4% for 2026 according to the actual source of such statistics.
.09 for March alone
Since your first claim was a lie, I won’t bother looking up median wages… feel free to provide a source, but I bet you’re full of shit… again.
make sure your “source” adjusts for inflation
womp womp
Do you know what CPI is? CPI ISN’T ADJUSTED FOR WAGE GROWTH.
I never said those things are nominally cheaper
What time period are we talking about?
Federal minimum wage is still $7.25 and prices never went back to pre-covid but sure thing buddy
- Almost nobody is earning the minimal wage in the US
- Prices sure rose, but so did income, but in even faster pace
Anybody can use tricky math and crow about the results. So, even though you are most likely wrong, it doesn’t matter. I couldn’t care less if every American tripled their wages under Trump because that tiny-handed, mushroom-dicked, orange pedophile rapes kids. Your achievements cease to matter once you put your dick in a kid. Your opinion ceases to matter once you defend someone who puts their dick in a kid.
So I can’t state objective facts that are favorable for somebody, because that somebody is a bad person?
Well thank the gods for that!
On the bright side, you will have to replace it in a few years.
We all suffer together!
