I believe there is what could be called a silent strike going on in this country.
There are 10 million men in this country of prime working age 25-54 that may be essentially on strike.
Many of these men see no reason to compete in the job market simply because the starting pay for labor positions is too low.
If men cannot see a path towards home ownership, a wife, and a family, what we are seeing is that they simply drop out of society in many cases.
I believe it is more than simply dropping out of society that is occurring though.
In my opinion, there were many men who were considering returning to the workforce in the 2020-2021 time period and then the government instead decided to flood the labor force with immigrants to lower the labor wages.
I believe that many men were on their way to returning, thinking that finally since the recession, that they would finally be able to get a good wage.
Instead the US Federal Government failed their duty to represent the interests of laborers in this country, and they decided that the better course would be to flood the labor market with cheap, subsidized, foreign labor.
The government decided that increasing GDP output to pay down the trillions of dollars in debt accrued bailing out banks, and through other reckless financial decisions was the better course of action.
We have even seen in some states that they have subsidized the housing, food, and transportation of migrant workers over forcing corporations to increase labor wages to a living wage for American Workers.
So instead of taking care of the very countrymen that are represented by this government, the government has instead decided to spend tax payer dollars and subsidize cheap labor for corporations.
It is true that increasing labor wages probably would lower the value of some stocks in American companies because their profits would be lower due to higher labor wages, it may also slightly lower GDP output, however the trade off is the destruction of potential American family formation.
I think that many men view the immigration disaster that the current administration has reigned over, as a direct insult against their livelihood in just about every way possible.
I believe this is the reality that many men are facing today, the prospect of living alone most of their lives because they cannot support a family the way that women need them to.
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/21/why-more-men-are-dropping-out-of-the-workforce.html
The government has let in 9,000,000 immigrants in less than 4 years.
The largest number ever in US history, and likely, the largest number of immigrants ever to enter a foreign country in the history of the entire world.
We are in unprecedented times.
Partially this is simply due to transportation advancements – now immigrants arrive here on airliners from every corner of the globe.
Source: https://www.wsj.com/economy/how-immigration-remade-the-u-s-labor-force-716c18ee
Posted by darman7718
8 Comments
A strike also implies organization
Workers produce far more work than they did decades ago. 50% more since 2000, double since the 1970s, and quadruple since the 1940s. Hours and pay are not even close to matching these increases. Just to give an idea of how bad things are a 32-hour workweek for the same pay wouldn’t match this increase in productivity.
This extra productivity is not going nowhere, its being stolen from workers.
>there were many men who were considering returning to the workforce in the 2020-2021 time period and then the government instead decided to flood the labor force with immigrants to lower the labor wages.
The government forced corporations to hire illegal immigrants?
>We have even seen in some states that they have subsidized the housing, food, and transportation of migrant workers over forcing corporations to increase labor wages to a living wage for American Workers.
The government can force corporations to pay people more too?
Im not necessarily on strike, but you described my circumstances almost completely. There’s no point in trying anymore. I don’t have any skills that are in demand or needed in the workforce, have no career, I’ll never be able to afford my own house, I’ll never have a family of my own, the community around me has disintegrated, my own psychological condition deteriorates more and more, and it goes on like this.
While you certainly laid out how the stage was set for this current scene, and who had a hand in orchestrating it, in the end I blame myself for ending up in this position. I was no better than any other American who was distracted and focusing on bullshit for years and years. Didn’t take care of myself or plan for times like these.
I don’t see a way out of this.
The real conspiracy is how you time traveled from 1950 to make this post.
Wages have jumped up significantly since 2020, and have continued to rise even as inflation has abated. Aka inflation-adjusted wages have risen in recent years (after a decrease during peak inflation).
The government did not device to flood the market with Immigrants. The law grants asylum request to be reviewed before the people are thrown out. There was an attempt to change that law. But Trump encouraged the republicans to block a change in that law so he would have a campaign talk points.
What the pandemic taught us was that working hard for a company did not pay off, so why try to build a life.
Oh no how will the women make families for them if they’re in strike?