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Poll: More than 60% of middle class say they’re ‘struggling financially’ and are not expecting things to turn around for the rest of their lives (www.thehill.com)

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Middle class is the new poor.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 5 months ago

Or what's more, "middle class" has always been a concept in capitalism apologia wherein a social group which represents moderation prevents the establishment of a social consciousness of the true strata: rich and poor.

The statistic that the US "middle class" has shrunk 11% in 50 years is a milder one than saying that income inequality is the highest it's been since 1928.

Wealth inequality is much worse. https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/

Thomas Piketty's book "A Brief History of Equality" made it clear to me that a mobilization of educated, class-conscious voters (or guerillas) is necessary, but is capable of making painless policy decisions which immediately ameliorate suffering.

[–] gravitas_deficiency 10 points 5 months ago

It’s called the American Dream because you’re got to be asleep to believe it

The older I get, the more I realize how on point Carlin was.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Upper and low class only exist now.