The US economy added a whopping 353,000 jobs last month, far more than the 176,500 jobs expected. It’s yet another data point that underlines the country’s economic strength, even in the face of 11 rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.
The US economy added a whopping 353,000 jobs last month, far more than the 176,500 jobs expected. It’s yet another data point that underlines the country’s economic strength, even in the face of 11 rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.
People complain that they don’t want a news media controlled by the government, but instead they have a news media controlled by corporate shareholders, where stories like these come out at least once a quarter, either touting the high hiring/low unemployment or bemoaning the opposite scenario, and it is right there at the top of the latest news.
Meanwhile the quality of work/life balance, worker satisfaction, and the happiness of citizens overall are topics left to the side as interest pieces rather than headlines of particular importance.
Why are we not reporting on climate change 24/7? Does it not threaten our very existence? Why are we not reporting on worker dissatisfaction? Are not the majority of us working?
It’s because these topics have no solution that is conducive with capitalism (or at the absolute very least, the current implementation of capitalism, but I’d argue, no, it’s just capitalism). The corporations, businesses, and individuals that have benefitted from capitalism have and will continue to suppress news stories that focus on these very real problems because to actually solve the issue would result in the eradication of their cushy lifestyle and decimate their hold on power.
So fuck stories like these, they mean less than the toilet paper I use to wipe my ass.