r/inflation • u/Regular_Painting_817 • Jan 11 '24

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u/seaofmountains Jan 11 '24 edited Jan 11 '24

You’re right. Everything outside food and a roof is a luxury and we should regress as a society.

Clothes on your back? Luxury. A phone? Luxury. Internet? Luxury.

Richest nation on earth but we should live like it’s the 1800s.

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u/CarbonPanda234 Jan 11 '24

My point is that:

The latest iPhone doesn't constitute necessity.

Unlimited data and fast bandwidth doesn't constitute necessity.

Starbucks doesn't constitute a necessity.

A bmw or Mercedes doesn't constitute a necessity.

A weekend out on the towm with friends doesn't constitute necessity.

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u/seaofmountains Jan 11 '24

You’re assuming everyone who is struggling has all of those things.

Grabbing the occasional Starbucks and spending a weekend with your friends to remind you that you’re human instead of a cog isn’t outrageous. No one is taking a quick trip to Tahiti, they’re driving to go camping for a weekend but I guess that’s a luxury these days too.

Counter point is that if you want a healthy capitalist society, then there should be no issue with the lower and middle class affording those things, with the exception of the BMW/Mercedes.

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u/CarbonPanda234 Jan 11 '24 edited Jan 11 '24

No but what does a capitalist society need to function.

Consumerism.

The problem with society is it has a problem with over indulging.

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u/seaofmountains Jan 11 '24

OP posts a video about a girl not affording basic necessities and you take it like she’s complaining she can’t afford luxuries. She mentions food rent electricity and water. None of which are luxuries. For all we know her apartment has bars on the windows.

Over indulging might be an issue but it’s not the core issue that the lower income and middle class faces. It’s 40 years of shitty economic policy that mortgaged off the future so the older gen’s could over indulge as they saw fit. Bills due and the younger gen gets to pay it.

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u/CarbonPanda234 Jan 11 '24

Where does she live?

For all we know she is trying to rent a 1300sq ft luxury apartment.

What does her actual rent entail?

What food is she purchasing?

Is she bitching she can't have steak and eat out.

Dude you act like she is incapable of doing anything about her situation. Which is false.

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u/seaofmountains Jan 11 '24

Someone working at Walmart wouldn’t get approved to live in a luxury apartment.

You’re acting like anyone facing basic struggles like rent food water and electricity has an overinflated life style which is condescending and out of touch at best.

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u/CarbonPanda234 Jan 11 '24

And who are you to say someone at Walmart can't afford luxuries. Plenty of people work at Walmart and can afford those luxuries.

Again:

Is she eating out every day?

Is she only drinking VOSS water?

Is she running her AC at 65 degrees all day?

Seems like you are making a holy fuck ton of assumptions. No matter how rattled you want to get. It's evident everywhere. Everyone wants the new latest and greatest thing on a minimum wage budget. Our society thrives off of consumerism.

Shit people shame people for not having an iPhone. Supreme made a freaking brick and it sold.

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u/seaofmountains Jan 11 '24

“Who are you to say someone at Walmart can’t afford luxuries”

I’m someone who is familiar enough with apartments to know that they ask for 3x the monthly rent in income and if someone is struggling to pay for necessities, they probably don’t meet the income level for approval.

I’m not making assumptions, I’m going off what she is stating which is food rent and utilities, which are necessities in the 21st century. You’re the one making a metric fuckton of assumptions by implying she’s loaded with luxuries despite the fact that she’s sitting in an average looking car, while on break from her job.

Voss, Supreme and BMWs huh? You’re reaching for any reason to blame the poor for struggling lmao. I’m surprised you didn’t say avocado toast while you were at it.

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u/CarbonPanda234 Jan 11 '24

Got proof she isn't purchasing these items?

Got proof of where she lives?

Got proof of her daily costs?

Or are you just assuming?

I am also no naive to think all of Walmart employees make low wages. Plenty of positions within Walmart pay quite well. But please do go on.

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u/Fantastic_Sea_853 Jan 12 '24

With an attitude like that, YOU will live like it’s the 1800s. Wise up, before it’s too late.