DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 days agoWho are the "middle class" supposed to support in the class stuggle?message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareWho are the "middle class" supposed to support in the class stuggle?DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·7 days agoThe middle class is nothing more than poor people who are convinced that they’ll be rich someday.
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·7 days agoNope, that’s blatantly not true. I’m a middle class, I don’t think I’ll ever be rich. Sure, some people dream of being the next billionaires, but most of middle class doesn’t.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days agoFair enough. How about, middle class is just poor people who don’t know they’re poor.
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days agoCould be. Though for me it was always about how you live: lower class: has to work, barely survives middle class: has to work, survives comfortably upper class: doesn’t have to work to survive
minus-squarehandsoffmydata@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoNah, I know I’m poor. I suggest the cut off is between purchasing economy and comfort+ seats for a flight. /s
The middle class is nothing more than poor people who are convinced that they’ll be rich someday.
Nope, that’s blatantly not true. I’m a middle class, I don’t think I’ll ever be rich. Sure, some people dream of being the next billionaires, but most of middle class doesn’t.
Fair enough. How about, middle class is just poor people who don’t know they’re poor.
Could be. Though for me it was always about how you live:
Nah, I know I’m poor. I suggest the cut off is between purchasing economy and comfort+ seats for a flight. /s