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POLL: is the American middle class dead?
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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM Author: lilac pocket flask (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431269) |
Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM Author: maroon psychic pervert lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431273) |
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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:02 PM Author: lilac pocket flask ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431307) |
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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:47 PM Author: hideous brunch 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: laughsome meetinghouse multi-billionaire its not (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431713) |
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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:51 PM Author: hideous brunch 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: lilac pocket flask 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=2#33431719) |
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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:53 PM Author: hideous brunch 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: lilac pocket flask 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: hideous brunch 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: lilac pocket flask 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: Magenta ticket booth 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: Grizzly Ceo 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: Cruel-hearted fragrant heaven no it just smells funny (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431780) |
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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:29 PM Author: unhinged stage trust fund 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: unhinged stage trust fund like ella cook of brown uni (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#49497320) |
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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 23rd, 2025 5:52 PM Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#49534989) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:31 PM Author: unhinged stage trust fund (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#49498291) |
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Date: December 10th, 2025 7:15 PM Author: unhinged stage trust fund (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#49500549) |
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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:44 PM Author: unhinged stage trust fund (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#49501154) |
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Date: December 16th, 2025 9:04 PM Author: unhinged stage trust fund (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#49515493) |
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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:51 PM Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#49528439) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:32 PM Author: Grizzly Ceo 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: Histrionic crusty shrine 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: Ruby big hospital 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) |