Re: Non EU countries
Originally Posted by
AnnieS
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Yes it's merely a psychological trick.
What we have had in the last 20 years is progression. You have those who are seemingly poorest in society being able to afford a flatscreen tv. Food has been cheap and plentiful. Clothes were really dear when I was a teen. They cost less now than they did then and wages are x times higher.
Your last point doesn't make sense in terms of consumer buying power/choice etc? What you are talking about is a communist state. There is no progression in such a system. So how can anyone be better off?
The current situation has lasted longer than I expected in terms of cheap labour markets. That's because new cheap labour markets are emerging. Is it immoral? No doubt. But what's the alternative? 1984?
False progression though Annie, when I was nowt' but a lad, people saved up for things, and you had to wait until you had enough money to buy it. Higher purchase was the only way to have it quickly, but most people didn't qualify.
Fast forward fifty years and most expensive things are purchased on credit. And so the poor can afford flat screen TV's, and top of the range mobile phones. Technology has moved so fast recently and everyone believes they have a right to have it, whether they can afford it or not. So we haven't progressed at all, we're just living on borrowed time before it all collapses...