Optional@lemmy.world to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 5 months agoHe'll Be Finelemmy.worldimagemessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up11.2K
arrow-up11.2KimageHe'll Be Finelemmy.worldOptional@lemmy.world to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square150fedilink
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·5 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-up32·5 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-up19·5 months agoMiddle class then: Wealthy people who didn’t hold noble titles Middle class now: I’m embarrassed to call myself working class
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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