Optional@lemmy.world to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 5 months agoHe'll Be Finelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square185fedilinkarrow-up11.21Karrow-down173
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minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down3·5 months agoBecause they didn’t want to say lower class, so they say working poor. The middle class has been gutted and demolished
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·5 months agoThe idea I was alluding to is that the distinction between “lower class” and “middle class” has always been fictional. It exists only to drive a wedge between working-class folks, for the benefit of the owner class.
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 months agoBut if she didn’t specify middle class, those who think of themselves as middle class would think they were going to be okay.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·5 months agoMiddle class then: Wealthy people who didn’t hold noble titles Middle class now: I’m embarrassed to call myself working class
Because they didn’t want to say lower class, so they say working poor. The middle class has been gutted and demolished
The idea I was alluding to is that the distinction between “lower class” and “middle class” has always been fictional. It exists only to drive a wedge between working-class folks, for the benefit of the owner class.
But if she didn’t specify middle class, those who think of themselves as middle class would think they were going to be okay.
Middle class then: Wealthy people who didn’t hold noble titles
Middle class now: I’m embarrassed to call myself working class
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