Money and value are interesting topics. Many of the oddities surrounding expense vs need exist as a result of scales being unfairly influenced. Billionaires aren’t the root of the problem - they are the symptom of the problem. If billionaires didnt exist: that would likely be because wages, costs, and services are more fairly balanced. Less disparity - less resources to leverage to create it… and likely a much higher cost to apply that leverage. We are simply in a feedback loop in a sick system. Cancer doesn’t just go away with thoughts and prayers.
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qarbone@lemmy.world 2 days agoAnd that’s not at lot…for people in the US, like a month of groceries for 2 adults. Not touching other actual bills.
But in developing countries, $250 could rival a large percentage of their monthly wages.
yggstyle@lemmy.world 2 days ago
LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Many workers get paid the equivalent of $120 a month or lower
nitroemdash@lemmy.wtf 2 days ago
In Zambia, average monthly wage is 130$.
HrabiaVulpes@europe.pub 1 day ago
250 USD is in my country about a daily wage of high-level specialist, I mean - top 5% of people who live from working.
63 USD is a minimal daily wage in my poor country.
qarbone@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Where do you live? Because your “poor” country’s minimal daily wage is more than the daily wage of someone on the US federal minimum wage (e.g., $7.25 x 8 hrs = $58)
HrabiaVulpes@europe.pub 6 hours ago
Poland.
We are 9th european country by size and GDP, formerly part of Soviet Republics. We have smaller military, smaller economy, smaller population than USA etc. In fact I think our entire economy barely rivals some of the states inside USA. Our older generations (those who lived under communism) see USA as a shiny utopia where nobody is ever poor or unhappy, which caused several our post-soviet generations to emigrate as far west as they could.