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by dartos 540 days ago
> Productivity gains increase the standard of living for everyone

This just isn’t true, necessarily. Productivity has gone up in the US since the 80s, but wages have not. Costs have, though.

What increases standards of living for everyone is social programs like public health and education. Affordable housing and adult-education and job hunting programs.

Not the rate at which money is gathered by corporations.