IDK, maybe because they got like 800 million people out of poverty in ~40 years? Meanwhile, America just accepted 50 years ago that 10-15% of their population will be poor regardless of being the richest country by GDP in the world since before then.

Maybe.

This is what happens when instead of material analysis you default to mainstream media to be honest about its geopolitical enemies.

No one is saying we’ll like it if China does bad shit in other countries, but they haven’t invaded anywhere in decades even when provoked. Meanwhile the US bombs a few countries a year, and launches a full on invasion every few years, not to mention the unilateral illegal sanctions they impose which kill over half a million people every year. When China does nearly a tiny fraction of that we can talk. In the meantime you’re just repeating western propaganda. China develops our countries, the US coups or invades them.

In what way is China an empire?

Their first emperor is a fucking dragon.

Your first president is an ungrateful British colonist.

China gets mad praise on Lemmy as long as you say US bad in the same sentence

So, workers of the world need to unite?

The decoupling of employment and insurance needs to be possible

Financial slavery

Or get injured and end up with a bunch of medical bills. Or about any number of other things that can go off the rails.

is xi santa now?

I mean, the “middle class” doesn’t usually refer to the poorest 50%. The Lower class has always been the majority, Middle a large minority, and Upper a vanishing minority.

It’s better to think of working, middle, and upper class in terms of how much of their income derives from labour vs capital.

Working class = majority of income from working.

Upper class = majority of income from owning capital, i.e. can afford not to work at all.

Middle = somewhat evenly split.

Traditionally working class was associated with “lower” jobs such as labourers, and those working cushy office jobs usually earnt a high enough income to accumulate enough capital to become middle or upper class.

This is more aligned with the British definition, where their “middle class” is more equivalent to the US “upper middle class.” Make no mistake though, with many jobs not paying enough to accumulate capital, professionals such as teachers, accountants, and nurses would firmly be considered working class, because they you know, need to work.

There was an article with a pretty compelling argument a while ago that basically said the true poverty line in the US is over 100.000$/year family income (when you look at what that number was originally supposed to measure). Below that you’re getting fucked left and right.

Every dollar a family earns between 40k and 100k makes them poorer, because it triggers benefit losses (like health care & child care) that exceed income gains.

So what the US reports as “the middle class” are actually the working poor

So I learned it this way:

Upper Class - can live a luxurious life without working at all, and even have domestic employees etc.

Middle Class - can live comfortably but only if they work

Lower class - cannot live comfortably even if they work, and can very easily end up homeless (no social safety net)

The dude who taught me this was my Sociology of Work teacher over twenty years ago.

Middle: in between homelessness and millionaires

Median class? Mode class?

Yeah cuz the lower class don’t get paid at all. Homelessness is rampant all over the states

Trading late stage capitalism for mid stage capitalism and a pre-existing merger of state and corporate power doesn’t sound like a permanent fix. Also, deposing a strongman in favor a system that has reestablished it’s leadership as a strongman is not an improvement.

Y’all have no idea what you’re asking for

Lol. How dare those commies take over their own community…

Y’all have no idea what you’re asking for

I’ve got a pretty good idea: Death to America

You’re on lemmy.ml

This has always been a Tankie instance.