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In the share of dollar-store visits this year among those making more than $100,000, compared with the second half of 2022. No, $100k does not make you a one-p
by lisasays 3y ago
In the share of dollar-store visits this year among those making more than $100,000, compared with the second half of 2022.
No, $100k does not make you a one-percenter. Not by a long shot.
Yet another piss-poor WSJ article.
- BugsJustFindMe 3y agoBased on the political history of the WSJ, I'm pretty sure they do this intentionally. The WSJ has a historically-demonstrated desire to shift goalposts on wealth inequality to prevent the crushed middle class from rising up. It's very much the FOX News model of journalism (where they lean extremely hard into a right-wing political agenda while hiding behind the diminishing-by-the-year actual news). People making more than $100k but less than $200k are solidly middle class in the US today. Calling them "one percent" sounds like a whole lot of "shut up and take it, peon" and "look, you already made it so you can stop now" vibe.
- lisasays 3y agoI would go with just plain sloth and cluelessness. But yeah, not surprisingly of a kind that also fits with their plutocratic ethos.
- BugsJustFindMe 3y agoNobody on the editorial staff of the WSJ is clueless. This is not a new problem.