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POLL: is the American middle class dead?

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Rough-skinned Snowy Office
  05/30/17
lol
Twisted scourge upon the earth
  05/30/17
?
Rough-skinned Snowy Office
  05/30/17
The stupid American conflation of the working class with the...
Aphrodisiac pit rigor
  05/30/17
its not
vivacious milky elastic band mad cow disease
  05/30/17
What politicians call the middle class is bifurcating. About...
Aphrodisiac pit rigor
  05/30/17
In other words, the real middle class is gone since it is de...
Rough-skinned Snowy Office
  05/30/17
No, the correct definition of the middle class is the class ...
Aphrodisiac pit rigor
  05/30/17
Lol no. It's all about money and what it gets you where you ...
Rough-skinned Snowy Office
  05/30/17
Stop falling for consumerist bullshit. Class is about power ...
Aphrodisiac pit rigor
  05/30/17
I'm anti-materialism bro. Money is important because you'll ...
Rough-skinned Snowy Office
  05/30/17
You can still do this imo if you live out in the sticks or i...
twinkling police squad
  05/30/17
no. theyre white collar professionals now.
Aromatic light house
  05/30/17
no it just smells funny
Startled Maniacal Wagecucks International Law Enforcement Agency
  05/30/17
americas middle class is doing just fine bro
nyuug
  12/08/25
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nyuug
  12/09/25
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nyuug
  12/09/25
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nyuug
  12/10/25
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nyuug
  12/10/25
no it starts at like 200k/yr now though.
Ozzie Canseco
  12/09/25
NW up $50k in last 30 days, and $400k y/y. It’s been a...
black abyss
  12/10/25
The mass middle class culture I knew from the 90s is dead.
''"'''"''"''''"''
  12/11/25


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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: Rough-skinned Snowy Office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431269)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: Twisted scourge upon the earth

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431273)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:02 PM
Author: Rough-skinned Snowy Office

?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431307)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:47 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac pit rigor

The stupid American conflation of the working class with the middle class is dead.

The middle class is the 80th-99th percentiles, in the middle between the capitalist class and the workers. It's not the group centered on the mode of the income distribution. The middle class manages the workers and gains professional training.

It's what we call the upper middle class and it's doing fine.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431693)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:49 PM
Author: vivacious milky elastic band mad cow disease

its not

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431713)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:51 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac pit rigor

What politicians call the middle class is bifurcating. About 40% are seeing higher wages, and the bottom 60% are seeing lower wages.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431726)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:50 PM
Author: Rough-skinned Snowy Office

In other words, the real middle class is gone since it is defined by income relative to the cost of living and goods. A worker bee in the 60s was middle class because he could afford a home, a car, stay at home wife, and a kid with his income. That was middle class, despite working a blue collar gig

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431719)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:53 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac pit rigor

No, the correct definition of the middle class is the class between the rich and the workers, that manages the economy.

The 1960s Affluent Society definition of "middle class" was always political happy talk.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431737)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:58 PM
Author: Rough-skinned Snowy Office

Lol no. It's all about money and what it gets you where you live.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431782)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 8:00 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac pit rigor

Stop falling for consumerist bullshit. Class is about power relations, not going to the mall.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431803)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 8:12 PM
Author: Rough-skinned Snowy Office

I'm anti-materialism bro. Money is important because you'll need it to survive and live a decent life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431857)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:57 PM
Author: twinkling police squad

You can still do this imo if you live out in the sticks or in a 1-2 br in a gentrifying city area and dont spend a dime on GC shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431763)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:57 PM
Author: Aromatic light house

no. theyre white collar professionals now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431768)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:58 PM
Author: Startled Maniacal Wagecucks International Law Enforcement Agency

no it just smells funny

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#33431780)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)

americas middle class is doing just fine bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#49495660)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:21 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#49497320)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:31 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#49498291)



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Date: December 10th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#49500549)



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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#49501154)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: Ozzie Canseco

no it starts at like 200k/yr now though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#49498295)



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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:52 PM
Author: black abyss (definite and ineradicable gauge of its upward moving)

NW up $50k in last 30 days, and $400k y/y. It’s been a bumpy ride in the middle class, especially because I don’t have a substantial wage income, but things still feel directionally correct.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#49501158)



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Date: December 11th, 2025 12:00 AM
Author: ''"'''"''"''''"''

The mass middle class culture I knew from the 90s is dead.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2#49501163)