Class struggle: It's the 80% vs. the 20%

[SebastianHolt]

The only thing that made it possible for the boundary between the middle and working classes to blur was STRONG UNIONS.

not sure if i should roll my eyes or laugh, dude you are funny

 

[Wilson23]

not sure if i should roll my eyes or laugh, dude you are funny

You know I'm right.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Ain't the rent collectors in that 20%?

The cut-off for being in the top 20% is making more than about $100k a year. Lots of highly skilled laborers bring home more that that—plumbers, computer programmers, truckers. Lumping them in with people who live purely off investments is a mistake.

 

[Wilson23]

The cut-off for being in the top 20% is making more than about $100k a year. Lots of highly skilled laborers bring home more that that—plumbers, computer programmers, truckers. Lumping them in with people who live purely off investments is a mistake.

Well, they do share a certain overlap of POLITICAL INTERESTS with the rentiers that they do NOT share with lesser earners.

 

[DanOkeffie]

You know I'm right.

Assclown, clearly you are never correct. Wounder how much longer Sebastian will toy with you as you add zero value

 

[Wilson23]

Assclown, clearly you are never correct. Wounder how much longer Sebastian will toy with you as you add zero value

Somehow that does not help to clarify the outlines of the class struggle in a contemporary American context.

 

[BoredDirtyCommie]

Here's the thing: The working class and the middle class ARE NOT THE SAME, never were.

But pols say they're doing everything they do for "the middle class," confident most hearers will think that means them, factory workers included.

Agreed. Most politicians regardless of political party don't discuss the working class. They want to pretend we don't exist.

 

[DanOkeffie]

Ppeople choose to be poor

Somehow that does not help to clarify the outlines of the class struggle in a contemporary American context.

 

[DanOkeffie]

The cut-off for being in the top 20% is making more than about $100k a year. Lots of highly skilled laborers bring home more that that—plumbers, computer programmers, truckers. Lumping them in with people who live purely off investments is a mistake.

100k per year is peanuts, think its closer to $200k per year

 

[SebastianHolt]

You know I'm right.

you are never right

 

[SebastianHolt]

class struggle in a contemporary American

people struggle as they are lazy and make bad decisions. what will people do when A.I. starts to take over and jobs are going bye bye

 

[Wilson23]

people struggle as they are lazy and make bad decisions. what will people do when A.I. starts to take over and jobs are going bye bye

Revolution.