alt Hacker News> The "average person" is told from birth to consume as many things and experiences as possible as it if was the only thing that could give their life a meaning.
The “average person” doesn’t make enough money to pay rent or afford groceries. You’re blaming the poor based on your idea of what an “average person” looks like, which is a representation of middle and upper middle class. The average person doesn’t have the luxury to consume as many things and experiences as possible.
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JamesBarney • last Tuesday at 6:34 PM
The median household income is 80k which is plenty to afford groceries and rent.
How did you come to believe that half the people in the richest country in the world can't afford to eat or have a roof over their head?
Doesn't "average" = "middle class" by definition?
US median individual income in 2022 was $48k
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_United_...
> The “average person” doesn’t make enough money to pay rent or afford groceries
<1% of the US population is homeless, and ~10% receive food stamps. The average person makes enough money to pay rent and buy groceries.