US Politics on Sidechat | For the average American, this is all debt funded. The majority of the country lives paycheck to paycheck and there’s currently more job seekers than there are openings. Might be time to admit that the neoliberal experiment failed. Time for leftism.

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For the average American, this is all debt funded. The majority of the country lives paycheck to paycheck and there’s currently more job seekers than there are openings. Might be time to admit that the neoliberal experiment failed. Time for leftism.

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Anonymous 21h

iPhone has 60% market share in the US (vs 20% globally). Median household disposable income is 2nd highest in the world, after Luxembourg. Americans drive big ass, gas guzzling, pedestrian killing SUVs. It’s largely a lifestyle issue

Anonymous 20h

I’d argue the inclusion of number of unemployed vs job openings in your argument is a bit misleading. Currently, USBLS reports ~1.1 unemployed persons per job openings, indicating only a minor labor-market imbalance rather than some economic catastrophe. While employers might currently have greater bargaining power, this relationship is easily susceptible to change, shifting in favor of job seekers during periods of growth. Thus, I don’t really see your framing of the issue as justifying change.

Anonymous

#1 21h

What do you think market share means?

Anonymous

#2 21h

It means 60% of smartphone users use iPhone, while Android is a minority. Which is opposite global standards

Anonymous

#1 21h

Ok so why is that relevant? If you're going to cherry pick data wouldn't it make more sense to do percent of people who own a smartphone?

Anonymous

#2 21h

Why is that relevant? 97% of adults under 50 own smartphones

Anonymous

#1 21h

If you're trying to downplay poverty in the US then you should cite the high smartphone penetration (>85%) rather than market share of a specific company. Can't even bait right smh

Anonymous

#2 21h

iPhone market share is a good indicator for a country’s wealth.

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Anonymous

#3 20h

I’d also say that the term “paycheck to paycheck” is a bit ambiguous. It’s a subjective term depending on personal spending habits. For example, I could spend all my income on necessities or spend half on necessities and the other half on legos and, as long as I spend all of my paycheck, technically be living “from paycheck to paycheck” in both cases.

Anonymous

#3 17h

Ghost job listings, and either scenario indicates some sort of issue. There’s also more to say. Home ownership rate, life expectancy, infant mortality, healthcare costs, education, poverty rates. We’re lagging behind in all of them compared to social democratic countries that. Arguing about how it’s actually not that bad won’t change that we as a nation are falling behind.