• grue@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It’s the middle class who won’t be.
    It’s the working poor who won’t be.

    Why’d she say “working class” twice?

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        The idea I was alluding to is that the distinction between “lower class” and “middle class” has always been fictional. It exists only to drive a wedge between working-class folks, for the benefit of the owner class.

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          But if she didn’t specify middle class, those who think of themselves as middle class would think they were going to be okay.

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        Middle class then: Wealthy people who didn’t hold noble titles

        Middle class now: I’m embarrassed to call myself working class