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With the recent announcement of the increase in the minimum wage, it will go from 172 pesos a day to 207 pesos.
In Mexico, official data reveals that a total of 4.2 million people live on the minimum wage.
According to a study, in Mexico, there are more than 400 thousand influencers and/or content creators.
Carlo Bello, known as “I’m Mirrey” decided to compare the prices of two clothing stores, Cuidado con el Perro and Náutica, that is, according to what he describes in his video: “’chafa’ clothes vs. ‘expensive’ clothes ”, a video in which he, he assures, resorted to the minimum wage.
Social networks -it has already been said on several occasions- have transformed everything, becoming a kind of window that shows the day to day of what is happening around the world.
We are talking about a context in which, based on information from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)4.9 billion people already inhabit the web, of which more than 4.4 billion are attached to a social network.
This growth, which began a few years ago, has given rise to a new culture, a reality in which concepts such as “influencers“, “content creator”, among others, are also part of a new language, which has emerged from social networks.
So, more specifically, influencecity data reveal that, only in Mexico, there are more than 400 thousand influencers and/or content creators, a figure that could increase in the coming years.
Let’s remember that, from a few years ago, the profession of Content Creator has had a significant boom among the new generations. Information the study The Influencer Report reveals that 54 percent of young people in Mexico have in mind to dedicate themselves to professions such as influencerscontent creator, streamerand so on.
Soy Mirrey compares Cuidado con el Perro with Náutica; “Clothes vs. expensive clothes”
Carlo Bello, as he calls himself, is better known by his pseudonym on social networks, “I’m Mirrey”, a tiktoker that has given a lot to talk about in recent years.
Just yesterday, through his social networks, it was announced that he would begin a kind of “experiment” of two weeks, which has to do with living only with the minimum wage and, in addition, investing it and, of course, make it grow.
Thus, following this line of content, I am Mirrey shared a video in which he compares the prices of stores such as Cuidado con el Perro and Náutica, going to buy with the minimum wage. A video that she has titled as: “’crappy’ clothes vs. expensive clothes'”.
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Let us remember that, before the end of 2022, the increase in the minimum wage in Mexico became official, going from 172 pesos a day (about 8.6 dollars) to 207 pesos (that is, about 10.35 dollars), this, according to the National Commission of Minimum Wages (CONASAMI)an initiative that, moreover, was defined unanimously, in consensus between the business sector, the labor sector and the Government.
Based on this premise, it should be noted that a total of 4.2 million Mexicans live on the minimum wage, according to what the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO)which is why, for some Internet users, the tiktoker’s initiative to “experiment” with a reality in which millions of people live in Mexico and other parts of the world has not been well received.