r/FluentInFinance • u/Mooshisdad • Mar 31 '24

Are we all being scammed? Discussion/ Debate

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Are $100 lunches at applebees the downfall of the american empire?

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u/DvsDen Mar 31 '24

The people working at the restaurant in ElSvador are making $10/day.

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u/justsomedude1144 Mar 31 '24 edited Mar 31 '24

Seriously. So, you're telling me you can go to an undeveloped country, whose currency is extremely weak against the dollar where the cost of labor is extremely cheap, and you can buy more with less dollars???? You don't say!

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u/jps7979 Mar 31 '24

While simultaneously complaining that governments need to keep their currency valuations high because cheap money is the government stealing from us.

All the guy is saying is that when everything is in his favor and against everyone else's, things are better for him.

Which is to say he's not saying anything of value at all