InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months agoWhat does it take to be "middle class" in America today?hexbear.netimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1106arrow-down1imageWhat does it take to be "middle class" in America today?hexbear.netInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
archive.today • How Americans define the middle-class and why they can’t reach it - The Washington Post
minus-squarenat_turner_overdrive [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71·9 months ago Can retire I will never be able to retire, I will just become feral and wander into the woods to die
minus-squarecomrade_pibb [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·9 months agomy retirement plan is dying in a socialist revolution
minus-squarenat_turner_overdrive [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·9 months agoAh, an optimist!
minus-squareStellarTabi [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 months agoIf I retire, I’m probably going to be sharing Marxist and Anarchist extremist content on Facebook the way boomers still post about Obama today.
minus-squareFloridaBoi [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·9 months agoHow is that even determined?
minus-squarenat_turner_overdrive [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·9 months agoPensions aren’t really a thing anymore, so… Retirement funds I suppose?
minus-squareFloridaBoi [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·9 months agoI feel like there’s probabilities associated with that stuff. Most people’s retirements are tied to stock markets
minus-squarenat_turner_overdrive [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·9 months agoThis information would harm the worldview of Washington Post staffers
minus-squarebuckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 months agoNo information can impact the worldview of Washington Post staffers
minus-squarenat_turner_overdrive [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 months agoMaybe not information, but there’s always
minus-squareCyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·9 months agoThey are, I lost 300 dollars last week from my “retirement savings” lmao
minus-squareElon_Musk [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 months agoYea, but real talk: barring the collapse of the US empire, you will make money in the long run.
minus-squareaaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoThat’s some clown world type shit.
minus-squareCyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoAin’t that the truth
minus-squareaaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoWhat happened to pensions? Did Reagan mess that up too?
minus-squareGalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months agoYes, indirectly but yes.
minus-squareidkmybffjoeysteel [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoconspiracy by big bank to force you to care about “the economy”
minus-squareFloridaBoi [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoThey also make broker commissions and account fees from holding investments. Just skimming right off your earnings
minus-squareidkmybffjoeysteel [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoit is so fucked, if you earn little and you get auto-enrolled into a default scheme with high fees in the UK, literally your entire savings will be eroded by fees within the year
my retirement plan is dying in a socialist revolution
Ah, an optimist!
If I retire, I’m probably going to be sharing Marxist and Anarchist extremist content on Facebook the way boomers still post about Obama today.
How is that even determined?
Pensions aren’t really a thing anymore, so… Retirement funds I suppose?
I feel like there’s probabilities associated with that stuff. Most people’s retirements are tied to stock markets
This information would harm the worldview of Washington Post staffers
No information can impact the worldview of Washington Post staffers
Maybe not information, but there’s always
They are, I lost 300 dollars last week from my “retirement savings” lmao
Yea, but real talk: barring the collapse of the US empire, you will make money in the long run.
That’s some clown world type shit.
Ain’t that the truth
What happened to pensions? Did Reagan mess that up too?
Yes, indirectly but yes.
conspiracy by big bank to force you to care about “the economy”
They also make broker commissions and account fees from holding investments. Just skimming right off your earnings
it is so fucked, if you earn little and you get auto-enrolled into a default scheme with high fees in the UK, literally your entire savings will be eroded by fees within the year