Middle-class Americans are selling their plasma to make ends meet. Last year, people in the U.S. made an estimated $4.7 billion selling their plasma... (www.nbcnews.com)

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Donation centers are popping up in middle-class neighborhoods, including suburban strip malls and college towns.

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[-] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

"Middle Class" has always been a deliberately meaningless buzzword to separate the working class into "us" and "the poors." To encourage the "temporarily embarrassed millionaires" sort of mentality.

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