I discussing the topic with one of my most knowledgeable friends and would like to see some other outlook.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Eh, it kinda depends.

    Is she running a company or other organisation that derives income from the labor of others? If so, it doesn’t really matter what the income level is, she ain’t working class in the sense of owner and labor classes.

    And it has been a loooong time since her income from just her own work was at a level where she fit the usual ranges of “working class” in terms of pure money flow.

    But, she does still at least partially derive income from her own labor (singing, dancing, etc), so you could say she fits by that standard.

    However, there’s people that would say any entertainer can’t be working class because it isn’t labor, but they’d say the same about someone working in an office, even if the office worker made less than them.

    That’s the thing with terms that have multiple usages, it’s harder to pin down a single answer.