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somenameforme 3 days ago

No, for the average person the cost of a basic computing device and the rent attached to operate it, is probably eating up the extremely modest gain in income. And in modern times that's not really a luxury so much as a necessity, meaning people today are in effect earning less, significantly less for many, than they did 45 years ago.

I intentionally avoided entertainment, which is of course also greatly increasing costs even further - though that's probably at least partially balanced by the internet which provides an immense amount of entertainment for just the already accounted for baseline cost.

tick_tock_tick 2 days ago | parent [-]

So everything is better, entertainment is ridiculously cheap, and they are earning more money?

You keep saying "effect earning less" but your own linked data shows the opposite.

somenameforme 2 days ago | parent [-]

Are you trying to troll, or do you genuinely not understand what I said? If the latter, try rereading. If you still don't understand, I can try to rephrase.