• mine [she/her,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Nope.

    what is up with the fetishization of the middle class? why does everyone (rich and poor) think they're middle class?

    • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      if you live in a building that has walls and a roof, but don't have more money than the gdp of a small nation you are american middle class apparently

      • mine [she/her,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        exactly, this headline is from the same assholes that think poor people aren't actually poor because they rent an apartment with a fridge in it and have access to the internet

      • LangdonAlger [any]
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        4 years ago

        "If you take out your own trash, you're middle class" school of thought

    • shitshow [any]
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      4 years ago

      Dog whistle for white people. Middle class are cool and good and live in suburbs. Working class bad, live in scary urban neighborhoods.

    • OhWell [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Because it's part of the dehumanization of someone below that is poor or seen as a lesser.

      American culture is all about feeling superior to someone below you.