

Contrary to high school economics that should, in reality, increase effective pay.
(At least until you simply run out of raw resources, which is coming but not yet)
Workers produce more value than they consume. No economy in the world would work otherwise.
To put it another way:
The average American worker will produce goods and services worth seven times more than what they consume over their lifetime (measured as GDP/average income which is problematic but close enough for a forum post)
And now you know why the oligarchs want you to breed, because a significant portion of that loss of value goes right into their pockets.
He just told Ukraine to surrender, fam.