I honestly can't tell if this is satire. As the middle class shrinks it becomes clearer that these sort of heavy handed policies are almost exclusively peddled

I honestly can't tell if this is satire. As the middle class shrinks it becomes clearer that these sort of heavy handed policies are almost exclusively peddled by what marx would call the bourgeois. You don't see the "my car is a significant expense" or "home ownership isn't a given" class people going off advocating for policy like this on minor issues.