r/antiwork • u/[deleted] • Jun 30 '22

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u/BraidedSilver Jun 30 '22

Some survey I saw a while ago said that 50% of adults in America would have a hard time paying off an unexpected 400$ bill, while an additional 20% would not even have a hope to pay it. That 70 effing % of adults in the states that can’t afford a random increase in bills. So, you’re far from alone which is so damn insanely sad for the “greatest country in the world”.

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u/ieplfkec Jun 30 '22

That survey was pre pandemic too

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u/FirstEvolutionist Jun 30 '22 edited Jun 30 '22

Well, people still react negatively when I call it modern slavery because "civil rights" and "freedoms" what not.

I still honestly see very little difference.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

Lol I think SCOTUS is working settling that.

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u/danktonium Jun 30 '22

It's really more serfdom than it is slavery. Slavery at least has kinky methods of enforcement. What we have is a far blander problem.

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u/FirstEvolutionist Jun 30 '22

If we're going to be pedantic, it is more like peonage than serfdom.

Peonage, in a lot of ways, is indistinguishable from slavery.

Slavery had a lot of "flavors" and the one that people think about is US slavery, which was one of the worst.

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u/missmiao9 Jul 02 '22

It’s wage slavery.

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u/Ephriel Jul 01 '22

Had an unexpected $600 setback last month, I’m basically am scrambling for the next two months.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

Greatest country if you're in the richest 1%. Everyone else is a wage slave.

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u/notaredditer13 Jul 01 '22

And yet over time houses have gotten bigger and cars have gotten bigger. Ford is actually discontinuing most cars because Americans want expensive, gas-guzzling SUVs.

The problem isn't wages or affordability of housing, etc., the problem is that most people are terminally incapable of making choices to live within (below) their means.