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No, for the average person the cost of a basic computing device and the rent attached to operate it, is probably eating up the extremely modest gain in income. And in modern times that's not really a luxury so much as a necessity, meaning people today are in effect earning less, significantly less for many, than they did 45 years ago.

I intentionally avoided entertainment, which is of course also greatly increasing costs even further - though that's probably at least partially balanced by the internet which provides an immense amount of entertainment for just the already accounted for baseline cost.



So everything is better, entertainment is ridiculously cheap, and they are earning more money?

You keep saying "effect earning less" but your own linked data shows the opposite.


Are you trying to troll, or do you genuinely not understand what I said? If the latter, try rereading. If you still don't understand, I can try to rephrase.




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