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POLL: is the American middle class dead?

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Dead arrogant property lettuce
  05/30/17
lol
Chestnut soggy puppy
  05/30/17
?
Dead arrogant property lettuce
  05/30/17
The stupid American conflation of the working class with the...
Slate galvanic queen of the night
  05/30/17
its not
cracking crusty step-uncle's house
  05/30/17
What politicians call the middle class is bifurcating. About...
Slate galvanic queen of the night
  05/30/17
In other words, the real middle class is gone since it is de...
Dead arrogant property lettuce
  05/30/17
No, the correct definition of the middle class is the class ...
Slate galvanic queen of the night
  05/30/17
Lol no. It's all about money and what it gets you where you ...
Dead arrogant property lettuce
  05/30/17
Stop falling for consumerist bullshit. Class is about power ...
Slate galvanic queen of the night
  05/30/17
I'm anti-materialism bro. Money is important because you'll ...
Dead arrogant property lettuce
  05/30/17
You can still do this imo if you live out in the sticks or i...
Coral University Fortuitous Meteor
  05/30/17
no. theyre white collar professionals now.
Lascivious french chef gay wizard
  05/30/17
no it just smells funny
talented chapel doctorate
  05/30/17
americas middle class is doing just fine bro
drab principal's office
  12/08/25
like ella cook of brown uni
drab principal's office
  12/09/25
superior anglo culture
drab principal's office
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drab principal's office
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drab principal's office
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nyuug
  12/28/25
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nyuug
  12/29/25
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drab principal's office
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drab principal's office
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drab principal's office
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drab principal's office
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drab principal's office
  12/21/25
no it starts at like 200k/yr now though.
Lascivious french chef gay wizard
  12/09/25
NW up $50k in last 30 days, and $400k y/y. It’s been a...
overrated box office
  12/10/25
The mass middle class culture I knew from the 90s is dead.
Crimson community account
  12/11/25
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htt
  12/28/25


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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: Dead arrogant property lettuce



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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: Chestnut soggy puppy

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2/#33431273)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:02 PM
Author: Dead arrogant property lettuce

?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2/#33431307)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:47 PM
Author: Slate galvanic queen of the night

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: cracking crusty step-uncle's house

its not

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2/#33431713)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:51 PM
Author: Slate galvanic queen of the night

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: Dead arrogant property lettuce

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: Slate galvanic queen of the night

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: Dead arrogant property lettuce

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: Slate galvanic queen of the night

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: Dead arrogant property lettuce

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: Coral University Fortuitous Meteor

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2/#33431763)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:57 PM
Author: Lascivious french chef gay wizard

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: talented chapel doctorate

no it just smells funny

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2/#33431780)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: drab principal's office

americas middle class is doing just fine bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2/#49495660)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:21 PM
Author: drab principal's office

like ella cook of brown uni

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2/#49497320)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 9:48 PM
Author: drab principal's office

superior anglo culture

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Date: December 23rd, 2025 5:52 PM
Author: drab principal's office



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Date: December 25th, 2025 10:16 PM
Author: drab principal's office



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Date: December 28th, 2025 8:36 PM
Author: nyuug



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Date: December 29th, 2025 8:11 PM
Author: nyuug



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:31 PM
Author: drab principal's office



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Date: December 10th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: drab principal's office



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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: drab principal's office



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Date: December 16th, 2025 9:04 PM
Author: drab principal's office



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:51 PM
Author: drab principal's office



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: Lascivious french chef gay wizard

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: overrated box office

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: Crimson community account

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)



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Date: December 28th, 2025 8:42 PM
Author: htt



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