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[–] -1 points 6 months ago (5 children)

those same companies have spent 60+ years ensuring wages stay exactly where they were while prices increased?

This is not true.

Wages in the US adjusted for prices have generally been going up - but slowly - even since Reagan. This remains true - broadly - even if you look at the lowest income decile, but the growth is less:

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So wages were stagnant for the bottom decile from 1980 to 2016, but rose since then. It is, however, not even correct to say that "wages stayed the same but prices went up" between 1980 and 2016, because those are inflation-adjusted figures: the price increases are already factored in.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    The graphic shows rising inequality, which is what trickle down delivers. Don't downvote just because I don't entirely agree with every mad claim that has an anti-capitalist vibe.

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