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[-] trailing9@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Controversial: how can illegal immigrants send money home but regular workers live paycheck to paycheck?

Rent would be cheaper if renters would unionize and wouldn't spend above an agreed on limit.

It's so hard to coordinate that only some workers can ask billionaires for better deals. Why? Why is not everybody ashamed that they cannot coordinate with their neighbors?

Roman's walked out of town once a year to remind the elite of their value. The west models itself after the Roman Republic but tries to skip on the hard parts.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

how can illegal immigrants send money home but regular workers live paycheck to paycheck?

They live six to a room.

[-] AntEater@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

how can illegal immigrants send money home but regular workers live paycheck to paycheck?

They live six to a room.

...and the rest of their family spends those dollars on a 3rd world cost of living.

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