So in the American west it takes ≈4k cuck units to get through a month as a single person who is renting.

That’s $26/hr full time to break even for self after taxes. No appreciable savings there, can’t afford kids or emergencies at that pay grade. Inflation keeps compounding and housing is monetized way beyond its cost of production.

My dad used say in the 90’s, “if you can just make 50k a year you’ll be doing good in life.” Damn was he ever wrong. Wages never keep up with currency debasement. That’s why all the resets throughout history.