Optional@lemmy.world to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 2 months agoHe'll Be Finelemmy.worldimagemessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up11.2K
arrow-up11.2KimageHe'll Be Finelemmy.worldOptional@lemmy.world to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square150fedilink
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·2 months ago It’s the middle class who won’t be. It’s the working poor who won’t be. Why’d she say “working class” twice?
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·2 months agoBecause they didn’t want to say lower class, so they say working poor. The middle class has been gutted and demolished
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·2 months agoThe idea I was alluding to is that the distinction between “lower class” and “middle class” has always been fictional. It exists only to drive a wedge between working-class folks, for the benefit of the owner class.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months agoMiddle class then: Wealthy people who didn’t hold noble titles Middle class now: I’m embarrassed to call myself working class
Why’d she say “working class” twice?
Because they didn’t want to say lower class, so they say working poor. The middle class has been gutted and demolished
The idea I was alluding to is that the distinction between “lower class” and “middle class” has always been fictional. It exists only to drive a wedge between working-class folks, for the benefit of the owner class.
Middle class then: Wealthy people who didn’t hold noble titles
Middle class now: I’m embarrassed to call myself working class
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