[whynotminot]

> at some point an economy can't bear the dead weight of people pulling down six figure salaries by moving some javascript or PowerPoint slides around, while the base of the economy (industry, farming, energy production, transportation) dies from lack of investment.

What if the base of the economy is well-paid power point rangers buying stuff? Because that’s what most of our economy is: consumer spending.

It’s some sort of myth that the American farmer is the core of our economy or something.

[palmotea]

> What if the base of the economy is well-paid power point rangers buying stuff? Because that’s what most of our economy is: consumer spending.

Those "well-paid power point rangers" can't be the base of the economy: properly understood, they're an exploitative/parasite class sitting more towards the top of the pyramid.

[whynotminot]

Are we talking about base in an architectural sense or base as in their spending actually does underpin most of the economy.

One of these is relevant to the conversation.

[emorning4]

>>What if the base of the economy is well-paid power point rangers buying stuff? <<

Moody's says that the top 20% of earners are supporting the economy right now... https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/business/us-k-shaped-economy-...