• rwhitisissle@lemmy.ml
    8·
    4 months ago

    For 40 years

    Everything was so great for the working class before…(checks notes)…1984…

    yeesh.

    • doingthestuff@lemmy.world
      5·
      4 months ago

      I started working in 1985. Things are undeniably worse than they were then. Yeah minimum wage looked like shit comparatively but there was still 5c candy.

      • Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml
        2·
        4 months ago

        Inflation-adjusted minimum wage in 1985 is $9.51. Still shit, but better than much of the US today.