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Where in the ever loving fuck is corn $7/lb? A 7/11 in Alaska supplied exclusively by dog sled?
I get this sentiment here but the way these posts are filled with straight up lies makes it feel like agitprop.
Also how much are Chinese getting paid comparatively. I'd rather see what % of each sides income goes to various things. If $1 is 50% of your income and $7 is 5% of the US side's... Like I can move to a nice place in Mexico and live like Elon or Bezos does here....doesn't mean Mexico has its shit together and a higher quality of life.
You us federal minimum wage is less then 8 dollars, america is a third world country with the most extreme wealth inequality on earth. You are delusional if you think otherwise.
Agitprop? On my Lemmy?
Ty for fixing it I almost had to report that guy for antisocial behavior
As a Brit its hard to tell sometimes when posts are just Americans complaining or if they really are being screwed over. We don't really grow corn like America does, for bulk cheap veg I guess we have potatoes. Spent £0.68/KG on them when I walked to Aldi the other day. Our minimum wage is £11.44/hour and rising to £12.21 in April.
The federal minimum wage in the United States is $7.25 per hour. That's equivalent to about £5.95 . For reference.
Most states have their own minimum wage, which complicates things. My home state, for example, just increased its minimum wage to $15.49 . That's about £12.72, so close to par with what yours will soon be.
Don't forget that employers can pay disabled employees less than that $7.25 that was established in 2009.
When corn is in season, fresh corn cobs sell for about 5 for $1. I'd guess each cob is about 1 pound, so we're talking $0.20/pound, or $0.44 per kg.
Obviously the corn cob itself isn't edible, so you're not getting a pound of food from each, but there is also bulk processed frozen corn year round that is still usually less than $1/lb.
It does seem like a psy-op, especially since people are denying that Social Credit exists.
Or the country in which you live with significantly more control over what you see has been running a much longer much more successful psy op to get you to believe wild things in the first place. Like social credit.
They miquoted the TikTok, it's prices per kg
1kg is 2.2lbs, so that still doesn't make sense.