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What would a US that isn't exploiting the global South look like for most?
mean wage in usa is like 60k i believe, so 30 k +-. (thats before looking a quintiles) perfectly survivable tbh
Right now 30k per year in the US is hardly survivable outside of rural areas. Rent can cost 30k a year in big cities and 30k a year is a minimum wage job.
sans rent, as we are talking about products and commodities. And yeah, it would require
but outside of that its survivable wage, non? even with medical and utilities prices being slightly bonkers
1990s Russia
So hell
A big difference would also be that all the labor that goes into managing empire would also be able to be put to production for society instead of production for monopoly capitalists. It would ultimately depend on what type of system the US runs under in a hypothetical world where it is moved to semi periphery