politics

US federal minimum wage has de-facto been abolished, thanks to inflation.

This often gets missed because it happened slowly and as a result of inaction, but it's still worth talking about.

And when people want to raise it, they are called communists 🤷‍♂️

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Indeed. Cultural capture at this epistemic level feels like the next "move" has to be from outside the system, from individuals with differing assumptions & reinforcement mechanics. Especially when defecting is disincentivized by fear (think religious terror about Hell) as has been a go-to mechanism throughout history.