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[–] 46 points 1 year ago

Well, there's that, and also

  • Having to work really long hours to try to make ends meet
  • Being underpaid
  • No or minimal time off work (vacation and sick time both, and sometimes even medical leave doesn't protect you all that much)
  • Poor worker's rights in general
  • Crushing cost of housing
  • Crushing cost of education
  • Food and everything else you need to live is getting more expensive all the time, and the quality often goes down
  • Poor quality of medical care (on top of the exorbitant cost)
  • Not being able to spend much time with friends and family because they're all drowning in work or otherwise struggling
  • Thinking about the number of friends and family who have killed themselves, come close, or are likely to try
  • source
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