• InputZero@lemmy.world
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    1 hour ago

    Because middle class is used wrong in North America.

    Poverty class is simple, you don’t have enough to live.

    Labor class is divided into three;

    Low labor, your barely paid enough to scrape by.

    Middle labor, your paid enough for your work to live.

    High labor, you’re paid well for your work. Perhaps you own your own small business.

    Middle class, you aren’t paid a wage or salary anymore, you’re income comes from the things you own. As rich as a politician or nobility but not much political power.

    Upper class, in old Europe this would be the nobels. Duke’s, Earls, Lords, that type of stuff. In modern north America this would be the ultra rich. You have political power and you own a lot of stuff. This is where most representatives are.

    Politician class, former Royal class. You rule, extreme political power and wealth.

    Most people in North America think they’re in the middle class when really they’re in the Labor middle class, it’s very different

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      45 minutes ago

      Working class is everybody who must work to live.

      Wealth class is everybody else.

      There is no such thing as a middle class, that is a lie. Everybody seems to think they’re in the middle class, because that puts somebody below them, and gives them a reason to continue working under wage slavery. This is the purpose of the lie.

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        I once had a friend, which gf had to send him like 10Euro per month, for him to get monthly more than minimal wage which was considered “middle class” for some fucking reason in this country.

        He was so emotional about this shit, that I am still not sure if he was for real about that or not…