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by mkirklions
2743 days ago
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Yes, this is why us 10%ers have a responsibility to the 90%. At the same time, I'm not sure how you can reasonably say things like 'The cost of goods went up'. If you want to blame government inflation, sure, but the cost of technology has plummeted in the last 10/20/30 years. Food is the cheapest its ever been, cost to move a mile cheapest, etc... Its not genuine to speak that prices are going up. |
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In the past, the wealthy created communal public spaces and affordable services of value. This is how they served the general public. Now, I see what used to be "every-person" activities re-cast as luxuries. Take your family out to a major league ball game? Take them out to the movies? What used to be cheap forms of entertainment will now set you back $100-200 bucks. Nowadays, for cheap entertainment, you have to take your family to see the bush league games, and you stay at home and rent movies when they go to streaming.
Yes, other things are cheaper. However, many of the things that go to having a sense of real physical community aren't getting cheaper, and social media, with all of its potential toxicity and truth warping is taking up more and more of our attention.