Things are a lot different this time around, and this piece feels like gaslighting for everyone that’s suffering. Wages are the same as they were back in the 90s, but cost of living is nowhere close. People are working 2 jobs and living in vans because they still can’t afford rent. And emotional abuse from employers and managers is worse than ever, to the point where they just expect us to quietly accept degrading and dehumanizing treatment as a condition of having a job. We’re sick of taking abuse and still not being able to survive.