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It is though. We're all facing the same costs. Perhaps you grew up more privileged than I to expect "disposable income" when you're paying rent and buying your own food. This is how it is and always has been. Shit is expensive. Thats why we don't all live on tropical islands bathing in our "disposable income."
Let me break this down for you in a simple way that hopefully you can understand.
Imagine a country where the average income is 50k per year. The average cost of housing, groceries and utilities is 1k per month.
Now imagine that same country, at a different point in time, when the average income is 55k per year, but the average cost of housing, groceries, and utilities is 2k per month.
From a purely financial perspective, which of these two times would you prefer to live? If the second scenario occurs at a later timer than the first, and a person living in the second scenario bitched about the rising costs of living, would it really make sense to say 'its always been this way', when in fact, it hasn't?
No shit that you have to use part of your income for necessities - the point is that the cost of those necessities is going up, while wages aren't.