Protests about ten years ago predicting these very issues did get the bumâs rush
Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: đ Wed 10 Jan 2024
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠agoSure the prices have increased 25% -35% but we must not forgot averages wages are 1/3 of what they were in the 1970s.
Bastards in Australia have a way of distracting us from the hard issues and the real culprits.
Employers/news media encourages talk about rent and prices because it means we arenât talking about wages.
Farmers like talk of global warming because it means we donât talk about the 100 years of damage farming and farming pollution has done to the environment.
Industry likes it when we talk of household water restrictions so we donât look at the subsidies and water waste of farming and mining
It would not surprise me if we pushed hard on the issues activists would be bumped off just like are in other countries.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
There have been protests for 100 years. Writing for 100 years.
Nath@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
It isnât only about the wages (a lot of it is wages), another huge factor is productivity. With technology and automation, the same number of people can do so much more than they could in the 70âs. Employers are getting far more output from the same number of staff than they ever used to.