ms spock said:

Cymek said:

SCIENCE said:

Hey ChatGPT What Happens When You Apply Goodhart’s Law To Team Sports Democracy

If you work full-time you shouldn’t be struggling to live, doesn’t matter where you live
You aren’t necessarily ever going to be wealthy but shouldn’t be stressing about basic needs.
It is a means of control, like how we increase interest rates so you pay more on a mortage
Give the banks who already have huge amounts of wealth and power even more.
Pretend its for the economy, doesn’t the economy include people or is it some self contained beast we appease

The Poor People’s Campaign in America estimates that 600 Americans die each day from preventable poverty related diseases or consequences.

That’s a surprisingly small number. Roughly 1 part in 500,000. I wouldn’t be surprised if Australia does worse than that.