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MikeDunnAuthor Aug 14, 2024

"The 'middle-class' is a faux class. It never really existed. If you have a boss, and earn wages or salary, you are a worker, and should be proud to be in the working class. The term 'middle class' isolates more privileged workers for the benefit of the powerful so that anyone outside of elite circles will be divided and fighting against each other instead of fighting institutions and the power structure."
—David Graeber

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@MikeDunnAuthor that reminds me of an article I read long time ago in NYT. The TL;DR version of it was that most - if not all - middle class families in USA that had it all (expensive cars, big homes, private schools for children etc) couldn't provide $500 in cash, in case of an emergency. Everything was in credit. ..and that's sad because with the blink of an eye, they could go to being homeless - and downgraded in this class system. I don't know if that's the case now.