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Top 1% of u.s. earners now have more wealth than the middle class (media.mas.to)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/9299269

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/12/06/top-1-american-earners-more-wealth-middle-class/71769832007/

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[-] kredditacc@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 10 months ago

Wtf is this "middle class" anyway? How do you define it? And where is the line?

The classes I learned from my schools and university is simpler: If you work, you are the worker. If you exploit the worker, you are a capitalist.

[-] Juice@hexbear.net 24 points 10 months ago

We never learned about classes in school. My son was taught explicitly that the US was not a class society. Class is a vibe.

Shorthand for middle class is whether someone owns or could "own" a house

[-] davel@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 10 months ago

What two red scares and a cold war does to a curriculum.

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