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@lain I am missing some critical context.

@VD15 No one is surprised.

@lain Yes, but rarely.

@Stahesh I've found that when I have conversations with AI, it tends to be more cogent than most people, though implications sometimes must be coaxed forth.

@Stahesh @sardonicsmile My heart goes out in compassion to all the males out there who can see the truth in front of them but are powerless. All I can say is make yourselves virtuous in the sense of increase your virtues: strength, passion, wisdom, patience, fortitude, constitution, etc. so when your time does come, you will have the greatest capability to affect change.

@Stahesh Lecture over.

@Stahesh Be skeptical of everything, especially graphs and arguments that amount to appeals to emotion or that play on your desires.

Ask, "What is their solution to this supposed problem?" They'll probably tell you, and you'll find out just how much they want you to serve their own interests...

@Stahesh Companies are working with skeleton crews and running them ragged because their costs have gone up.

Remember that there is no such thing as "the economy" in a literal sense; that is only a label: There are only individuals making specific transactions for specific goods and services at specific times under specific conditions. Those who favor intervention tend to use graphs like these because it obfuscates that truth.

@Stahesh I sympathize with you on that matter. I cannot speak about those graphs' implications, but I do know that government spending paid for by inflation is out of control, and inflation acts as a tax on everyone, the consumers and the producers. If you want a target for the cause of wages not rising faster, blame those who tamper with the free market. In the free market, wages rise and fall with their supply and demand.

@ButtWorldsMan She better be grateful... That cheese is expensive, and probably locally sourced. That is a wonderful gift.

@UncleIroh @YoMomz @Justicar It's the overwhelming representation of city dwellers in tech causing their increased numbers. This is breaking more now that WFH is widespread in tech, but it's still pervasive. Most people who went to college and got BAs or BSs in CS are progressive by default.

@Stahesh The third link's original study gives a 404 error, and it's title (from the link) communicates an agenda: "RI_EndingShareholderPrimacy_workingpaper_201902.pdf" I do not trust a word of the article because I cannot verify the original research. In my opinion, this is a valid cause to throw out the source.

@Stahesh The second link only lists a table made by a blogger without any information about his methodology.
Taking the graph at face shows that productivity has increased linearly (roughly) while "compensation" has increased at a lower rate. What does this prove? The author doesn't even give an explanation.

@Stahesh
Just because a trend line at one point seemed to track with the pattern of another trend line doesn't mean that it SHOULD continue: What were the specific economic conditions that caused this large increase in aggregate profits? What industries were examined? The table's text only says, "Excludes wages for education and health care to allow for comparison with profits" To me, there is not enough information to conclude anything other than what the graph says.

@Stahesh

The first link is for Australian data, which is fine, but we can't compare two different countries' data on the same standard as is being implied by placing the first link next to the other two. (Apples and Oranges)
Examining the first on its own though, it is not adjusted for inflation. Also, what does this prove?

@Stahesh I would like more information about this. Simply listing those numbers will not convince me of any conclusions. (I'm not speaking against you, Stahesh, I'm speaking to whomever created this. This is how propaganda works.)

@Stahesh This is one of the best clips of the series.

@Stahesh Harris is the only one who can legally use Biden's campaign funds; that is the simplest answer.

@GillRigged @Goalkeeper Wholesome: I approve.*

@TimeSpent Ironic, and foreboding: It did say, "again and again".