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That is not the traditional definition of middle class in the United States. The traditional American dream was a middle class life: stable career, single inco
by encoderer 3y ago
That is not the traditional definition of middle class in the United States.
The traditional American dream was a middle class life: stable career, single income family, house in the suburbs and a nice pension check when you retire.
Fair to point out that that is a bygone era and maybe you do need $6 mill now, but maybe we need a different name than “middle class” to describe it.
- phone8675309 3y agoThat is the original meaning of the term middle class - a class that does not need to sell its labor to a boss to survive but who is also not part of the idle rich crowd.
- encoderer 3y agoIn pre-revolution France, yes. But not in the United States.
- phone8675309 3y agoWe're rapidly approaching the pre-revolution France when it comes to income inequality and political division.
- encoderer 3y agoRegretfully I would have to agree.