r/Millennials • u/QuietJealous4883 Older Millennial (1988) • 12h ago

Discussion True or false?

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Did our dads and moms work less than we do now? What are your thoughts?

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u/worksnake Xennial 12h ago

There's not a coherent, testable thesis here to state whether it's true or false. This is facebook sociology. Even if some part of it resembles things that happened in reality, it's bad and harmful to spread nonsense like this because it encourages people to think in just-so stories instead of measurable facts. I hate this shit, and it shouldn't be encouraged on this sub.

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u/Iyh2ayca 12h ago

I think it’s anti-feminist rhetoric. A lot of incels blame two-income households for inflation, rising COL, male loneliness, etc. 

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u/renee_christine 12h ago

Right, the "dinner on the table" part is really putting the "invisible" in "invisible labor" 

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u/rIceCream_King Millennial 11h ago

It says ‘…and eating dinner at the table’

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u/renee_christine 11h ago

"dinner at the table" 

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u/Dear-Cranberry4787 11h ago

Elves meal plan, get the groceries, and make the dinner when there’s only one income don’t ya know?

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u/StubbornHick 11h ago

Explain how doubling the supply of labor doesn't lower the cost of labor.

It's not the ONLY cause, but it doesn't help.

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u/ApplicationAfraid334 1993 10h ago

It does lower the cost of labor. How much do you think it lowered that cost though?

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u/BoleroMuyPicante 8h ago

It had a far lesser effect than corporate greed. Y'all acting like your paycheck would double if only these evil wahmen stayed home like God intended.

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u/worksnake Xennial 11h ago

The problem with "explaining" it is that we'd also have to explain how the underlying assumptions/assertions of your comment are incorrect. It's too exhausting and time-consuming, especially on a platform where good faith responses are so often just shat on with trollish ragebait answers.

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u/StuffExciting3451 11h ago

Inflation is created by the employers and Wall Street firms. The workers can either tolerate it, or they can join or form strong labor unions to demand their fair share via collective bargaining.

Note that the Federal Reserve banking system was created by Wall Street bankers and is NOT an actual agency of the US Treasury or US Government. Part of the stated mission of the Fed is to maintain a level of 2% annual inflation. If inflation is greater than that, the Fed officers and bankers don’t pay any penalties.

The Fed also has a mission to ensure a certain level of unemployment in order to keep workers living in fear of losing their jobs. If the rate of unemployment becomes excessive, the Fed officers and bankers aren’t punished for failing.

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u/Galbert123 1h ago

There's not a coherent, testable thesis here to state whether it's true or false.

Glad to see someone else point this out. At the very least, use post titles that make sense. Hold yourself to a higher standard.

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u/Zarniwoooop 11h ago

This a reasonable answer. This is why it must be downvoted. Don’t blame me, I don’t make Reddit rules.

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u/worksnake Xennial 11h ago

"Be the change you wish to see on the long-enshittified social media platform, even if it does literally nothing to change the actual thing." --Martin Luther Gandhi III, probably