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POLL: is the American middle class dead?

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Multi-colored newt
  05/30/17
lol
ruby stag film
  05/30/17
?
Multi-colored newt
  05/30/17
The stupid American conflation of the working class with the...
At-the-ready Center Corn Cake
  05/30/17
its not
Alcoholic indigo fortuitous meteor station
  05/30/17
What politicians call the middle class is bifurcating. About...
At-the-ready Center Corn Cake
  05/30/17
In other words, the real middle class is gone since it is de...
Multi-colored newt
  05/30/17
No, the correct definition of the middle class is the class ...
At-the-ready Center Corn Cake
  05/30/17
Lol no. It's all about money and what it gets you where you ...
Multi-colored newt
  05/30/17
Stop falling for consumerist bullshit. Class is about power ...
At-the-ready Center Corn Cake
  05/30/17
I'm anti-materialism bro. Money is important because you'll ...
Multi-colored newt
  05/30/17
You can still do this imo if you live out in the sticks or i...
Flushed Dog Poop
  05/30/17
no. theyre white collar professionals now.
vibrant lime heaven gaping
  05/30/17
no it just smells funny
excitant police squad cruise ship
  05/30/17
americas middle class is doing just fine bro
Nudist floppy puppy native
  12/08/25
like ella cook of brown uni
Nudist floppy puppy native
  12/09/25
superior anglo culture
nyuug
  12/18/25
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Nudist floppy puppy native
  12/09/25
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Nudist floppy puppy native
  12/10/25
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Nudist floppy puppy native
  12/10/25
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nyuug
  12/16/25
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nyuug
  12/21/25
no it starts at like 200k/yr now though.
vibrant lime heaven gaping
  12/09/25
NW up $50k in last 30 days, and $400k y/y. It’s been a...
mauve hospital
  12/10/25
The mass middle class culture I knew from the 90s is dead.
Laughsome pistol meetinghouse
  12/11/25


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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: Multi-colored newt



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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: ruby stag film

lol

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:02 PM
Author: Multi-colored newt

?

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:47 PM
Author: At-the-ready Center Corn Cake

The stupid American conflation of the working class with the middle class is dead.

The middle class is the 80th-99th percentiles, in the middle between the capitalist class and the workers. It's not the group centered on the mode of the income distribution. The middle class manages the workers and gains professional training.

It's what we call the upper middle class and it's doing fine.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#33431693)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:49 PM
Author: Alcoholic indigo fortuitous meteor station

its not

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:51 PM
Author: At-the-ready Center Corn Cake

What politicians call the middle class is bifurcating. About 40% are seeing higher wages, and the bottom 60% are seeing lower wages.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#33431726)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:50 PM
Author: Multi-colored newt

In other words, the real middle class is gone since it is defined by income relative to the cost of living and goods. A worker bee in the 60s was middle class because he could afford a home, a car, stay at home wife, and a kid with his income. That was middle class, despite working a blue collar gig

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#33431719)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:53 PM
Author: At-the-ready Center Corn Cake

No, the correct definition of the middle class is the class between the rich and the workers, that manages the economy.

The 1960s Affluent Society definition of "middle class" was always political happy talk.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#33431737)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:58 PM
Author: Multi-colored newt

Lol no. It's all about money and what it gets you where you live.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#33431782)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 8:00 PM
Author: At-the-ready Center Corn Cake

Stop falling for consumerist bullshit. Class is about power relations, not going to the mall.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#33431803)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 8:12 PM
Author: Multi-colored newt

I'm anti-materialism bro. Money is important because you'll need it to survive and live a decent life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#33431857)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:57 PM
Author: Flushed Dog Poop

You can still do this imo if you live out in the sticks or in a 1-2 br in a gentrifying city area and dont spend a dime on GC shit

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:57 PM
Author: vibrant lime heaven gaping

no. theyre white collar professionals now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#33431768)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:58 PM
Author: excitant police squad cruise ship

no it just smells funny

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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: Nudist floppy puppy native

americas middle class is doing just fine bro

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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:21 PM
Author: Nudist floppy puppy native

like ella cook of brown uni

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Date: December 18th, 2025 9:48 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)

superior anglo culture

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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:31 PM
Author: Nudist floppy puppy native



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Date: December 10th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: Nudist floppy puppy native



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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: Nudist floppy puppy native



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Date: December 16th, 2025 9:04 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:51 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: vibrant lime heaven gaping

no it starts at like 200k/yr now though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49498295)



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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:52 PM
Author: mauve hospital

NW up $50k in last 30 days, and $400k y/y. It’s been a bumpy ride in the middle class, especially because I don’t have a substantial wage income, but things still feel directionally correct.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49501158)



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Date: December 11th, 2025 12:00 AM
Author: Laughsome pistol meetinghouse

The mass middle class culture I knew from the 90s is dead.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49501163)