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Re:The U.S. government’s failed 1890s attempt to forge unity... by reedjosh on Friday June 11, 2021 @02:53PM (#27477135)
Excepting that the `pie` that is the global economy of goods and services has grown significantly. So in this case, we're all producing more than ever, but not gaining any more than we used to.
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Re:The U.S. government’s failed 1890s attempt to forge unity... by mullingitover on Friday June 11, 2021 @03:19PM (#27477376)
It's relative to who you consider as 'we.' If you mean workers in the US, yeah it's pretty flat. However if you mean 'we' to be workers globally, we've gained a staggering amount in the past few decades. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.5 billion people have been lifted out of extreme poverty in our lifetimes[1].

[1] https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty

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Re:The U.S. government’s failed 1890s attempt to forge unity... by reedjosh on Friday June 11, 2021 @03:28PM (#27477455)
Yes, but I'm thinking more of the we that are the losers in in the Gini coefficient.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient

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