Maybe I'm too sensitive but I hate that we have a new term (K-shaped) for something that has been an integral part of the American economy since plantation slavery.

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[–] pastalicious@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago

Bothers me too. It doesn’t agitate any emotion. We aren’t teaching an Econ course, we need to be framing up the actual relations and consequences of an economy where the ultra rich are trying to reach escape velocity before the masses hit the bounce off the bottom and come after them.

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

But it’s worse now than ever. We have officially more inequality than in any other part of human history.

[–] ClimateStalin@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

I also hate the term K shaped but I think the difference is before both lines were going up, just one at a much steeper pace