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POLL: is the American middle class dead?

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Alcoholic Indian Lodge
  05/30/17
lol
Frisky trailer park
  05/30/17
?
Alcoholic Indian Lodge
  05/30/17
The stupid American conflation of the working class with the...
Sienna Hall Liquid Oxygen
  05/30/17
its not
idiotic charismatic garrison factory reset button
  05/30/17
What politicians call the middle class is bifurcating. About...
Sienna Hall Liquid Oxygen
  05/30/17
In other words, the real middle class is gone since it is de...
Alcoholic Indian Lodge
  05/30/17
No, the correct definition of the middle class is the class ...
Sienna Hall Liquid Oxygen
  05/30/17
Lol no. It's all about money and what it gets you where you ...
Alcoholic Indian Lodge
  05/30/17
Stop falling for consumerist bullshit. Class is about power ...
Sienna Hall Liquid Oxygen
  05/30/17
I'm anti-materialism bro. Money is important because you'll ...
Alcoholic Indian Lodge
  05/30/17
You can still do this imo if you live out in the sticks or i...
irradiated sticky school
  05/30/17
no. theyre white collar professionals now.
Maroon Institution
  05/30/17
no it just smells funny
Milky bipolar cruise ship
  05/30/17
americas middle class is doing just fine bro
Supple blue codepig
  12/08/25
like ella cook of brown uni
Supple blue codepig
  12/09/25
superior anglo culture
Supple blue codepig
  12/18/25
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nyuug
  12/23/25
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nyuug
  12/25/25
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Supple blue codepig
  12/09/25
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Supple blue codepig
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Supple blue codepig
  12/10/25
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Supple blue codepig
  12/16/25
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nyuug
  12/21/25
no it starts at like 200k/yr now though.
Maroon Institution
  12/09/25
NW up $50k in last 30 days, and $400k y/y. It’s been a...
mischievous library
  12/10/25
The mass middle class culture I knew from the 90s is dead.
at-the-ready cracking haunted graveyard home
  12/11/25


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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: Alcoholic Indian Lodge



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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: Frisky trailer park

lol

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:02 PM
Author: Alcoholic Indian Lodge

?

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:47 PM
Author: Sienna Hall Liquid Oxygen

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.

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:49 PM
Author: idiotic charismatic garrison factory reset button

its not

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:51 PM
Author: Sienna Hall Liquid Oxygen

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

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:50 PM
Author: Alcoholic Indian Lodge

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

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:53 PM
Author: Sienna Hall Liquid Oxygen

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.

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:58 PM
Author: Alcoholic Indian Lodge

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

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Date: May 30th, 2017 8:00 PM
Author: Sienna Hall Liquid Oxygen

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

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Date: May 30th, 2017 8:12 PM
Author: Alcoholic Indian Lodge

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

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:57 PM
Author: irradiated sticky school

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: Maroon Institution

no. theyre white collar professionals now.

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:58 PM
Author: Milky bipolar cruise ship

no it just smells funny

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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: Supple blue codepig

americas middle class is doing just fine bro

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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:21 PM
Author: Supple blue codepig

like ella cook of brown uni

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Date: December 18th, 2025 9:48 PM
Author: Supple blue codepig

superior anglo culture

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Date: December 23rd, 2025 5:52 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)



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Date: December 25th, 2025 10:16 PM
Author: nyuug



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:31 PM
Author: Supple blue codepig



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Date: December 10th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: Supple blue codepig



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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: Supple blue codepig



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Date: December 16th, 2025 9:04 PM
Author: Supple blue codepig



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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: Maroon Institution

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

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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:52 PM
Author: mischievous library

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.

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Date: December 11th, 2025 12:00 AM
Author: at-the-ready cracking haunted graveyard home

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

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