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Economy

markodochartaigh

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9. It's difficult to believe

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat May 10, 2025, 01:51 PM

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that the future of the US workforce may be the TikTok generation working in prisons for $1.50/hr to produce cheap plastic goods for export. But if we don't root out authoritarianism I think that it might be possible.

Look at what happened to Argentina between the late 1800's when it had so much promise and today.

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