• marron12@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Well, there’s that, and also

    • Having to work really long hours to try to make ends meet
    • Being underpaid
    • No or minimal time off work (vacation and sick time both, and sometimes even medical leave doesn’t protect you all that much)
    • Poor worker’s rights in general
    • Crushing cost of housing
    • Crushing cost of education
    • Food and everything else you need to live is getting more expensive all the time, and the quality often goes down
    • Poor quality of medical care (on top of the exorbitant cost)
    • Not being able to spend much time with friends and family because they’re all drowning in work or otherwise struggling
    • Thinking about the number of friends and family who have killed themselves, come close, or are likely to try