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you american?
i know "middle class" there is weirdly broad
here the main markers of the "middle class" are:
there are more but you get the idea
Biden said being middle class was a "feeling".
It's true though, we made it up so that everyone can convince themselves they're not one of The Poors and accidentally develop solidarity
Vibes-based economic status
Vibes based economic prognosis
As ideology, that has some legs. I've known desperately poor people that nothing but a part time shift at minimum wage that called themselves "middle class" and even "capitalist" while I've also had distant relatives call themselves "middle class" that were landlords with properties all across the state.
Tangent: In the most technical sense, a profession requires a specialized body of knowledge and training, a self-regulating and self-licensing body, and a professional code of ethics. Very few occupations are actually professions in this sense.
I like keeping this fact in the back pocket for dunking on tech bros and bankers who are too far up their own asses about their "professions". Especially funny if you're a nurse or some other profession they look down on and you get to gatekeep them.