After adjusting for inflation, wages are higher than at any point in U.S. history, and after adjusting for age and sex, the percentage of the population that is employed is around its peak in U.S. history.

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    2 months ago

    They literally just explained why that’s not an accurate representation, by the specific measures detailed.

    How do you benefit from clinging to an untruth?

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      They didn’t — what they did was raise a bunch of red herring type issues.

      There are a ton of measures of unemployment which try to capture the kinds of thing they’re talking about, and they show similar imporvements.

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      2 months ago

      How do you benefit from clinging to an untruth?

      OP is objectively and demonstrably incorrect in a number of their claims. So your question is quite valid. Are they in sheer denial and this is a certain flavor of cope? Or are they actually intentionally spreading propaganda?