In 1983 a minimum wage job would pay for a studio apartment in New York City.
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Things are fucked but NYC was nowhere near as desirable then as it is now.
Today’s richest person is 125 times richer than the ‘first’ richest person was (in 1983)
What are they going to do when no one else has money and we all tell them to fuck off and go back to the barter system?
Sorry I dont take that monopoly money here!
It is stupid to cite such numbers and not adjust for inflation.
Have you heard of inflation?