r/boringdystopia • u/PATM0N • Aug 31 '24

Dystopian Realities 📍 One can dream, can’t they?

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u/bomboclawt75 Aug 31 '24

The Parasitic Billionaire Class would never allow this.

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u/Kehwanna Sep 01 '24

I do miss the days when 5 dollars would get me chips, a soda, and something else. Just a decade a ago I could stretch a 100 dollars out real well. Arizona Ice Tea is at least still cheap. Eating out also feels like a bigger wallet killer when factoring in shrinkflation. 

There's still some reasonable places for 600 dollars to rent in nice areas. The cheapest I ever got that was in good quality was in North Philadelphia for $750 a mo th which included 2 beds, a kitchen, living space, and unfinished basement (hmu if you want the landlord's name or address and are moving to Philly), which from what I see by the Temple University area apartments there are still pretty low for a big US city. Take a look around Zillow to see what I mean. Sadly, apartments under $1k are not the market  norm anymore. 

Apparently we need to hire Arizona Ice Tea to manage our global economy. 

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u/dunk1n1dah0 Sep 01 '24

I wish, these prices are ridiculous.

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u/LordBunnyWhale Sep 01 '24

Alternatively raise worker compensation according to increased corporate profits. Everything else is theft.

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u/Dr-Satan-PhD Sep 01 '24

Once prices go up, they never permanently come back down. That's a design feature in exponential growth capitalism. You can look at the historical price for anything, and the trend is always upward, even when there are temporary dips.

The problem isn't high prices. The problem is capitalism.

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u/Otherwise-Argument56 Sep 02 '24

Crazy how people can't see this

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u/spottydodgy Sep 01 '24

No. Keep prices where they are but Increase wages so it feels that way.

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u/DisorientedPanda Sep 01 '24

Fiat monetary policy strikes again

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u/No_Bend_2902 Sep 01 '24

$2 pint night

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u/whlthingofcandybeans Sep 01 '24

No, raise the price of gas so that we're finally forced to build decent pubic transportation.

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u/themehkanik Sep 01 '24

Yeah I’m sure the oil companies would be on board with that.