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LFP chemistry might change that equation a bit.

Violent misogyny

It's one of mankind's worst afflictions but there doesn't seem to be a concerted effort to do anything about it.

There's obvs been a lot of progress over the last century but the theocracy have different ideas.

It's central to the Rights desire/method of obtaining power - look at the power of misogyny to get people of non white ethnicities to join the white supremecist Proud Boys.

The identity of Incel who deserves a woman trumps everything else.

So, the Times is blaming 2 decades of slow wage growth on the next 2.5 years of Labour government and it's nothing to do with the previous 14 years of Tory government

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theocracy

Obviously part of it, but the problem goes much deeper, as above, and any organisation or political tendency is only an instantiation of it. The moment you attack either, you don't attack the problem, and people will only get defensive about institutions or whatever they believe is imbued with authority and does the thinking for them. The debate will then be whether or not you're hostile to their political home/their religious establishment rather than about the real issue.

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Let's definitely switch the forum over to Morse code.

LFGSS 'Progressive acceleration, skidding but the expression'

characterized by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude

Brat named Collins dictionary word of the year

Lazy bastards.

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Maybe they'll finally get a chance to start working on some of their personal projects now.

Another headline for that could be: Researchers shocked to discover infinite monkeys don't produce Shakespeare if you take away the "infinite".

Ha! Genuine lol.

Lazy bastards.

That's only about Australian monkeys, more studies needed.

LFGSS 'Progressive acceleration, skidding but the expression'

PASBTE? It'll never catch on.

Australian monkeys

What now

hahaha

Pretty sure thats not the definition Charli XCX was working with

Don't suppose anyone has read the underlying report from the resolution foundation?

Would be curious to know if there are proposals, as I wonder what a goverment can realistically do to increase wages. Is this actually symptomatic of a system of a market that has driven efficiencies of returns for shareholders while not creating a sufficient number of new high paying jobs?

hippy will be along to explain.

Not read the RF report, but there's also the underlying reality of rising housing costs in addition to stagnating wages over the next decade — see modelling from the JRF here: https://x.com/alfie_stirling/status/1851686979693425131

Would be curious to know if there are proposals, as I wonder what a goverment can realistically do to increase wages.

I'd imagine they're hanging their hat on the minimum wage increase, planning reform, and the upcoming employment rights bill to take up some of the slack. Honestly though, the employer national insurance increase was just a bad idea — it'll likely put downward pressure on wages in the long term, since it's a tax on turnover rather than profit.

The NI increase may even kickstart companies moving people from more secure salaries into the gig economy, so I hope Labour are still pushing the merger between employee and worker status to make sure this doesn't happen.

Is this actually symptomatic of a system of a market that has driven efficiencies of returns for shareholders while not creating a sufficient number of new high paying jobs?

Without doubt, sadly.

The Resolution Foundation report is here btw:
https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/app/uploads/2024/10/More-more-more-Budget-2024.pdf

'Lettuce trauma'?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/01/uk-still-suffering-from-trauma-of-liz-truss-says-treasury-chief-darren-jones