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POLL: is the American middle class dead?

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odious rigor area
  05/30/17
lol
self-absorbed deer antler theater
  05/30/17
?
odious rigor area
  05/30/17
The stupid American conflation of the working class with the...
Outnumbered Hospital Patrolman
  05/30/17
its not
Stimulating tanning salon personal credit line
  05/30/17
What politicians call the middle class is bifurcating. About...
Outnumbered Hospital Patrolman
  05/30/17
In other words, the real middle class is gone since it is de...
odious rigor area
  05/30/17
No, the correct definition of the middle class is the class ...
Outnumbered Hospital Patrolman
  05/30/17
Lol no. It's all about money and what it gets you where you ...
odious rigor area
  05/30/17
Stop falling for consumerist bullshit. Class is about power ...
Outnumbered Hospital Patrolman
  05/30/17
I'm anti-materialism bro. Money is important because you'll ...
odious rigor area
  05/30/17
You can still do this imo if you live out in the sticks or i...
alcoholic parlour jap
  05/30/17
no. theyre white collar professionals now.
dashing fighting ceo
  05/30/17
no it just smells funny
Cobalt out-of-control scourge upon the earth
  05/30/17
americas middle class is doing just fine bro
nyuug
  12/08/25
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nyuug
  12/09/25
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nyuug
  12/09/25
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nyuug
  12/10/25
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nyuug
  12/10/25
no it starts at like 200k/yr now though.
Ozzie Canseco
  12/09/25
NW up $50k in last 30 days, and $400k y/y. It’s been a...
black abyss
  12/10/25
The mass middle class culture I knew from the 90s is dead.
''"'''"''"''''"''
  12/11/25


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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: odious rigor area



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#33431269)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: self-absorbed deer antler theater

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#33431273)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:02 PM
Author: odious rigor area

?

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:47 PM
Author: Outnumbered Hospital Patrolman

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\u0026show=today",#33431693)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:49 PM
Author: Stimulating tanning salon personal credit line

its not

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#33431713)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:51 PM
Author: Outnumbered Hospital Patrolman

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\u0026show=today",#33431726)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:50 PM
Author: odious rigor area

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\u0026show=today",#33431719)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:53 PM
Author: Outnumbered Hospital Patrolman

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\u0026show=today",#33431737)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:58 PM
Author: odious rigor area

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\u0026show=today",#33431782)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 8:00 PM
Author: Outnumbered Hospital Patrolman

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\u0026show=today",#33431803)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 8:12 PM
Author: odious rigor area

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\u0026show=today",#33431857)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:57 PM
Author: alcoholic parlour jap

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\u0026show=today",#33431763)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:57 PM
Author: dashing fighting ceo

no. theyre white collar professionals now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#33431768)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:58 PM
Author: Cobalt out-of-control scourge upon the earth

no it just smells funny

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#33431780)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)

americas middle class is doing just fine bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49495660)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:21 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49497320)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:31 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49498291)



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Date: December 10th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49500549)



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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49501154)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: Ozzie Canseco

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49498295)



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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:52 PM
Author: black abyss (definite and ineradicable gauge of its upward moving)

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\u0026show=today",#49501158)



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Date: December 11th, 2025 12:00 AM
Author: ''"'''"''"''''"''

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2\u0026show=today",#49501163)