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Brainwashed Americans (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Its insane how many people believe anything Fox news tells them.

The one I hear a lot recently is "everything is so expensive because they have to pay a McDonald's worker 15 DOLLARS an hour!!! (The underlying text: "they deserve 1 dollar an hour and to be near homeless becuase they serve me and their job isnt important").

Then I try explaining that has nothing to do with it because the wage in other countries is actually the same or higher and its because of uncontrolled CORPORATE GREED that we have this (look at the increase in billionaires from 2019 to 2022.)

I cant believe how stupid people are. I think we all need to keep on explaining the truth to them though, because I've noticed they think a LITTLE harder about it when I deny their comment as true.

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[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

From lazily trusting the first links:

McDonald's in the UK pays about 10 pounds, or $14 an hour for crew members. The cost of a big mac is 5 pounds, or $7.

In the US, the pay is (on average) the same, and the cost of a big mac is $5.

Seems like the US is doing ok on this one; consumers are getting the same product for cheaper, with no change for workers.

(tenative guess: overhead is higher in the UK, going towards a safety net?)

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Your £10 number only works for 18-20 year olds.

Anyone over the age of 21, in the UK, must earn as an absolute minimum, £12.21 ($16.55) per hour.

https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates

[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Thank you! Good context.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Possible, but beef is actually cheaper in the UK even though it's an overpopulated island compared to, you know, America.

In any event your conclusion that it therefore isn't corporate greed and exploitation isn't anywhere close to sound, how would a roughly equivalent price and wage comparison do anything in that regard?

[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Thanks for the beef context!

Reading my post again, I agree with you. Unsound conclusion on a tired day. Apologies; I'll edit it.