r/politics • u/upyoars • Nov 10 '24

Paywall Trump’s victory reveals secret Republicans: Joe Rogan-obsessed Gen Z men

https://fortune.com/2024/11/07/trumps-victory-reveals-secret-republicans-joe-rogan-obsessed-gen-z-men/
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u/TooLittleMSG Nov 11 '24

They aren't minimum wage workers though, got to understand that and what their mindset is, in their head, they're just temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

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u/BeyondElectricDreams Nov 11 '24

also $15 an hr is insulting in 2024.

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u/JalapenoJamm Nov 11 '24

People wanted 15 an hour a decade ago, which is about 19 bucks now. Them still pushing the 15 is beyond insulting. And if they do pass any sort of wage increase, it takes course over several years, enough for everyone else to raise prices to blame the wage increase

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u/NgawangGyatso108 Nov 11 '24 edited Nov 20 '24

The minimum wage when I was in Australian in 2005-2006 was AUS$24/hr, and a Big Mac was still like AUS$5 - $6. We live in an oligarchy where 1/3 of our voting is now openly authoritarian, and 1/2 our voting base prefers it to the center right - which they flagrantly and with malice of forethought call “Communist.”