return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoPoll: More than 60% of middle class say they’re ‘struggling financially’ and are not expecting things to turn around for the rest of their liveswww.thehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1566arrow-down111cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
arrow-up1555arrow-down1external-linkPoll: More than 60% of middle class say they’re ‘struggling financially’ and are not expecting things to turn around for the rest of their liveswww.thehill.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square112fedilinkcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down12·7 months agoTo hell with the middle class, what about the working class? You know, the ones that get all the physical labor done so you can get your next day Amazon order before hitting the Starbucks.
minus-squarePopOfAfrica@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·edit-27 months agoWe’ve really bastardized the terms middle class and working class. It’s feeding into the class warfare that is being used against us. If you have to physically work for a living, you are working class. Let’s point our ire at the correct people here.
minus-squareScroll Responsibly@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 months agoIf your income is primarily from your labor (physical or not) and not from the capital that you own, you are working class.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·7 months agoSpeaking of class only contributed to class warfare only insofar as you see class warfare as the inevitable outcome of class distinctions.
minus-squareProgrammingSocks@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoThe middle class doesn’t exist. Everyone thinks they’re middle class.
minus-squareTubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agothe working class is the middle class. unless you mean people who are in poverty.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months agoIt’s not a “who is suffering more” contest. Bad things are bad things because they’re bad.
To hell with the middle class, what about the working class? You know, the ones that get all the physical labor done so you can get your next day Amazon order before hitting the Starbucks.
We’ve really bastardized the terms middle class and working class. It’s feeding into the class warfare that is being used against us.
If you have to physically work for a living, you are working class. Let’s point our ire at the correct people here.
If your income is primarily from your labor (physical or not) and not from the capital that you own, you are working class.
Speaking of class only contributed to class warfare only insofar as you see class warfare as the inevitable outcome of class distinctions.
The middle class doesn’t exist. Everyone thinks they’re middle class.
the working class is the middle class.
unless you mean people who are in poverty.
It’s not a “who is suffering more” contest. Bad things are bad things because they’re bad.