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POLL: is the American middle class dead?
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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM Author: crystalline partner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2Firm#33431269) |
Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM Author: irradiated scourge upon the earth lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2Firm#33431273) |
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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:02 PM Author: crystalline partner ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2Firm#33431307) |
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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:47 PM Author: Mildly Autistic Laser Beams 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: Unholy Twinkling Hospital its not (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2Firm#33431713) |
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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:51 PM Author: Mildly Autistic Laser Beams 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=2Firm#33431726) |
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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:50 PM Author: crystalline partner 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=2Firm#33431719) |
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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:53 PM Author: Mildly Autistic Laser Beams 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: crystalline partner 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=2Firm#33431782) |
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Date: May 30th, 2017 8:00 PM Author: Mildly Autistic Laser Beams 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=2Firm#33431803) |
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Date: May 30th, 2017 8:12 PM Author: crystalline partner 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=2Firm#33431857) |
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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:57 PM Author: Mahogany harsh space 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=2Firm#33431763) |
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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:57 PM Author: Big cumskin pit no. theyre white collar professionals now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2Firm#33431768) |
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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:58 PM Author: clear bearded associate no it just smells funny (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2Firm#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=2Firm#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=2Firm#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=2Firm#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=2Firm#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=2Firm#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=2Firm#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=2Firm#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=2Firm#49501163) |