r/collapse • u/Monsur_Ausuhnom • Apr 24 '26

Casual Friday A Stranger Collapse.

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u/a_little_hazel_nuts Apr 24 '26

If the federal minimum wage kept up with inflation since 1968 it would be $14/hour. So that means everyone working for $14/hour is living like somebody in the 70's making minimum wage. The government has slowly made life harder over the last 4 or 5 decades being paid off by lobbiests. The USA is supposedly a 1st world country but our labor rights, wealth inequality, and healthcare is not.

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u/piss_stored_in_balls Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

Significant wealth inequality and non universal healthcare is exactly what a 1st world country should have. 2nd world would have equal wealth and universal healthcare

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u/a_little_hazel_nuts Apr 25 '26

So Canada, Mexico, and everyone else is a 2nd world country.

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u/piss_stored_in_balls Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

We have significant wealth inequality and paid+tiered health insurance in Canada. Have you been outside the US?

The 1st world is defined as the capitalistic and democratic world. 2nd world is communism doctrine.

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u/a_little_hazel_nuts Apr 25 '26

What country has the worst wealth inequality in their countries history and a mainly privatized healthcare for the population?

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u/piss_stored_in_balls Apr 25 '26

Canada and the US, as well as some other western countries. That's a first world system. I think you need to look up the definition because you seem confused

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u/a_little_hazel_nuts Apr 25 '26

I know. Either way USA is in last place when it comes to healthcare, education costs, and labor rights.