What are the “needs” here? A pickup truck or crossover or SUV for every adult? Meat for 2 or 3 meals daily? 800 square feet of housing and 0.1 acres of lawn grass per person? A new wardrobe, car, set of furniture, and set of electronics every 2 years?
America is a “3rd-world country with a Gucci belt”. If the median American worker (~45k/yr.) did not try to keep up with the Joneses, they would have plenty to live on.
The civilization is unstable, yet the masses continue to buy in.
What are the “needs” here? A pickup truck or crossover or SUV for every adult? Meat for 2 or 3 meals daily? 800 square feet of housing and 0.1 acres of lawn grass per person? A new wardrobe, car, set of furniture, and set of electronics every 2 years?
America is a “3rd-world country with a Gucci belt”. If the median American worker (~45k/yr.) did not try to keep up with the Joneses, they would have plenty to live on.
The civilization is unstable, yet the masses continue to buy in.