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The housing crisis in the US is at the level of a calamity: Researchers examined the median home prices last year for roughly 575 U.S. counties and found that home prices in 99% of those areas are beyond the reach of the average income earner, who makes $71,214 a year, according to ATTOM. Homes “unaffordable” … Read more
As a result of the pandemic and how it affected the economy, the working people were able to get some concessions from the system in the form of aid or salary increases. This led to their life standards getting higher temporarily. Temporarily, because in the past few years, the free market did everything to take … Read more
And that’s why they fail against reactionary movements We are witnessing various Western countries — mainly Anglo-American ones — fall into reactionaryism. While there are sizable segments that speak against this societal collapse and regression, the reactionary movements seem to be more powerful, persistent, focused, and with momentum. Things being how they are, various countries will end up with … Read more
Just, until a year ago, the US economy relied on a very specific paradigm. Taking advantage of the international reserve currency status of the dollar, it ran on a cash-aflush economy into which high amounts of dollars kept entering through mechanisms like the Federal Reserve and the fractional reserve lending of private banks. This setup … Read more
Very simple: When the future likely holds a never-ending cascade of menial, back-breaking labor for scarce pay, people collectively turn unmotivated. The motivation concept is not at all different at that social segment and socioeconomic strata of society than the motivation concept which is so closely monitored and nurtured in tech. The only difference is … Read more
The very question of whether anyone could really, reasonably make use of billions of dollars aside, it may be surprising to hear that it is possible be a billionaire without exploiting others, causing inequality, damaging the society or environment. It may be even more surprising to hear that egalitarian, pro-people viewpoints and ideologies do not forbid anyone … Read more
Just think for a second: What can’t you do with a net income like $10,000/month? Aside from living in extremely dense, prime real estate like Manhattan or central SF, or wasting money in extravaganza like $10,000-per-bottle champagne, is there anything that you couldn’t do in our modern society? Join My Mailing List Here: Ozgur Zeren’s Mailing … Read more
Eating is a major way with which humans cope with stress. Its built in by evolution. It activates various biological mechanisms that relaxes the body and mind and allows the person to cope up with stress. Eating Feeds ‘Feel Good’ Hormones in the Brain Additionally it has a built-in, implied evolutionary message: It means that … Read more
Just have a look at this: And that’s data up to 2010. In the last decade, this trend picked up even more. How is this Slavery? Why are for-profit US prisons subjecting detainees to forced labor? Join My Mailing List Here: Ozgur Zeren’s Mailing List (you will also get updates when a new posts are … Read more
Socialism always fails, but, for some reason, every single time it fails, it requires US sanctions, economic warfare, ‘freedom fighters’ or outright invasion to fail. The U.S. Declares Economic War Against Venezuela US sanctions are killing Venezuelans, says former UN rapporteur Join My Mailing List Here: Ozgur Zeren’s Mailing List (you will also get updates … Read more