• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Let’s just say there were uh… different criteria for who was and was not allowed to work before the 50s and 60s. Less competition for some.

    Took a while to sort all that out.

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      You’re not wrong…people look at stagnant wages since the 1970s and it’s pretty clear the labor pool grew wildly during that time. At the same time, low/no-skill jobs got largely shipped overseas, and skilled/specialized careers got major efficiency gains from computers. It’s a simple matter of supply and demand.

      It sucks. But that’s the world we’ve been handed.