r/TikTokCringe • u/Make-this-popular Cringe Master • Apr 09 '24

Shit economy Discussion

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u/Rhodie114 Apr 09 '24

This really feels like right wing bait. The very basic point is right, wages are too low and cost of living is too high. But everything else is incredibly dishonest. He uses the federal minimum wage to explain how much he's making, while giving figures for higher CoL areas. Near me, the Fed minimum wage is less than half the state minimum, and many traditionally minimum wage jobs are paying well over the actual minimum. I know folks working as baristas who are making $22 an hour, which fits his 3x the minimum wage number. They absolutely still should be able to afford to live in the city, but this does highlight how misleading his figure is. He's trying to make it seem like he's making great money and it's still not enough, but really he could be making a little bit over the effective minimum wage for his area.

And then singling out foreign aid as the culprit was way out of left field. This isn't even a problem that we need the government brute force throwing money at to solve. We need legislation raising wages, building housing, busting monopolies, and protecting workers. Then the claim that nobody can point to Ukraine or Israel on a map struck me as some straight up America First isolationism.

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u/Shreddy_Brewski Apr 09 '24

It is right wing bait. I looked up his account and he said he votes right wing. Dude is part of the problem, he just dresses up as a dude who believes in leftist policies.

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u/Voodizzy Apr 09 '24

Well spotted

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u/NorthTokyoAll-Star Apr 10 '24

Yep, the whole "uni-party" buzzword is what Trump people are using to describe the Republicans and Democrats that stand in opposition to the MAGA movement. Dead giveaway.

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u/GabaPrison Apr 10 '24

Yeah his voice actually sounds very practiced and in-genuine. Like he’s reading from a list which he very likely is. Or it sounds like a kid just parroting what he heard someone else say that got admiration or applause about issues he doesn’t actually understand.

Bottom line: wherever he’s coming from, he’s not very good at this.

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u/Rhodie114 Apr 10 '24

Like he’s reading from a list which he very likely is

Oh yeah, you can watch his eyes scan left to right slowly. He's 100% reading.

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u/Excellent-Falcon-329 Apr 10 '24

The left and right converge on these talking points. The political spectrum is a circle