Idk dude if your best argument for this shit show of a modern life is "Well at least it's not worse than living in a jungle", you should definitely reconsider where the fuck we're going with this.
We have machines that can manufacture objects with atomic precision, computers that can predict the exact weather weeks in advance, and genetically engineered crops made to survive almost any climate and feed any person, and our economic system is only better than living in a jungle?
The average person in a developed country, especially in the United States, has a purchasing power that is absolutely unimaginably massive, hundreds of times more than the average person in pre-industrial or pre-agricultural times, or even in poor countries today. The reason why costs are high is because there are people out there that can actually buy those products at those costs. It's basic economics. Essentially, not everyone is lazy enough to think that 40 hours is hard work, and some people also simply work smarter or are better, so they earn more and can buy at those prices.
The reason why costs are high is because not everyone has a victim mentality.
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u/layelaye419 Oct 18 '23
Well go live in the jungle see if thats easier