"The American middle class as we know it didn’t emerge from the free market. It was constructed — deliberately, through policy, in response to specific political and economic conditions." https://yourbrainonmoney.substack.com/p/i-make-good-money-why-do-i-still
I make good money. Why do I still feel like this?

The middle class was a policy project. Every piece of it has been unbundled and repriced — and now two very different groups are living two very different nightmares.

Your Brain on Money
plus le temps passe, plus je me dis que le monde de Gunnm (銃夢) n'est pas si loin du notre, avec Zalem (サレム), cette citée inaccessible (qui déverse un flux constant de déchets sur le monde, Kuzutetsu (クズ鉄))