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POLL: is the American middle class dead?

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Mustard Old Irish Cottage
  05/30/17
lol
mind-boggling point turdskin
  05/30/17
?
Mustard Old Irish Cottage
  05/30/17
The stupid American conflation of the working class with the...
marvelous theater
  05/30/17
its not
geriatric supple karate pozpig
  05/30/17
What politicians call the middle class is bifurcating. About...
marvelous theater
  05/30/17
In other words, the real middle class is gone since it is de...
Mustard Old Irish Cottage
  05/30/17
No, the correct definition of the middle class is the class ...
marvelous theater
  05/30/17
Lol no. It's all about money and what it gets you where you ...
Mustard Old Irish Cottage
  05/30/17
Stop falling for consumerist bullshit. Class is about power ...
marvelous theater
  05/30/17
I'm anti-materialism bro. Money is important because you'll ...
Mustard Old Irish Cottage
  05/30/17
You can still do this imo if you live out in the sticks or i...
Stirring bipolar rehab
  05/30/17
no. theyre white collar professionals now.
federal razzle background story
  05/30/17
no it just smells funny
excitant magenta church building
  05/30/17
americas middle class is doing just fine bro
thirsty talented double fault stage
  12/08/25
like ella cook of brown uni
thirsty talented double fault stage
  12/09/25
superior anglo culture
nyuug
  12/18/25
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thirsty talented double fault stage
  12/09/25
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thirsty talented double fault stage
  12/10/25
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thirsty talented double fault stage
  12/10/25
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nyuug
  12/16/25
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nyuug
  12/21/25
no it starts at like 200k/yr now though.
federal razzle background story
  12/09/25
NW up $50k in last 30 days, and $400k y/y. It’s been a...
Amber Concupiscible Kitchen
  12/10/25
The mass middle class culture I knew from the 90s is dead.
Sinister center
  12/11/25


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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: Mustard Old Irish Cottage



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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: mind-boggling point turdskin

lol

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:02 PM
Author: Mustard Old Irish Cottage

?

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:47 PM
Author: marvelous theater

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: geriatric supple karate pozpig

its not

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:51 PM
Author: marvelous theater

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],#33431726)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:50 PM
Author: Mustard Old Irish Cottage

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

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:53 PM
Author: marvelous theater

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: Mustard Old Irish Cottage

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],#33431782)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 8:00 PM
Author: marvelous theater

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],#33431803)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 8:12 PM
Author: Mustard Old Irish Cottage

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],#33431857)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:57 PM
Author: Stirring bipolar rehab

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],#33431763)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:57 PM
Author: federal razzle background story

no. theyre white collar professionals now.

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



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:58 PM
Author: excitant magenta church building

no it just smells funny

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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: thirsty talented double fault stage

americas middle class is doing just fine bro

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



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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:21 PM
Author: thirsty talented double fault stage

like ella cook of brown uni

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Date: December 18th, 2025 9:48 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)

superior anglo culture

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2],#49521143)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:31 PM
Author: thirsty talented double fault stage



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Date: December 10th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: thirsty talented double fault stage



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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: thirsty talented double fault stage



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Date: December 16th, 2025 9:04 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:51 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: federal razzle background story

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

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



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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:52 PM
Author: Amber Concupiscible Kitchen

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],#49501158)



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Date: December 11th, 2025 12:00 AM
Author: Sinister center

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

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