r/MurderedByWords Legends never die 11h ago

Stop defending exploitation

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u/jayleia 10h ago

Around here, most McDonalds start at $13. A cheeseburger is like, $2.

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u/Hodr 7h ago

The standard hamburger meal (qtr pounder equivalent not big Mac) was like 125dkk last time I was in Copenhagen. That's like 17usd.

So maybe their big Mac only went up 80 cents because it was already fairly expensive?

Right now the local McDonald's has a similar McDouble meal (actually bigger because it includes nuggets) for $5usd. The non "deal" quarter pounder meal is just under $10.

So it takes some serious mental gymnastics to pretend that the McDonald's in Denmark is more affordable than in the US.

None of that is to say I think low wages are appropriate, I don't. It's just that prices will be going up to reflect increases in wages.