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POLL: is the American middle class dead?

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histrionic office pozpig
  05/30/17
lol
Exciting Aggressive Theater
  05/30/17
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histrionic office pozpig
  05/30/17
The stupid American conflation of the working class with the...
Smoky Set
  05/30/17
its not
dashing step-uncle's house organic girlfriend
  05/30/17
What politicians call the middle class is bifurcating. About...
Smoky Set
  05/30/17
In other words, the real middle class is gone since it is de...
histrionic office pozpig
  05/30/17
No, the correct definition of the middle class is the class ...
Smoky Set
  05/30/17
Lol no. It's all about money and what it gets you where you ...
histrionic office pozpig
  05/30/17
Stop falling for consumerist bullshit. Class is about power ...
Smoky Set
  05/30/17
I'm anti-materialism bro. Money is important because you'll ...
histrionic office pozpig
  05/30/17
You can still do this imo if you live out in the sticks or i...
turquoise cruel-hearted church building
  05/30/17
no. theyre white collar professionals now.
Soul-stirring school
  05/30/17
no it just smells funny
chartreuse self-centered puppy
  05/30/17
americas middle class is doing just fine bro
very tactful twinkling private investor queen of the night
  12/08/25
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very tactful twinkling private investor queen of the night
  12/09/25
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very tactful twinkling private investor queen of the night
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very tactful twinkling private investor queen of the night
  12/10/25
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very tactful twinkling private investor queen of the night
  12/10/25
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nyuug
  12/16/25
no it starts at like 200k/yr now though.
Soul-stirring school
  12/09/25
NW up $50k in last 30 days, and $400k y/y. It’s been a...
mauve vibrant cumskin menage
  12/10/25
The mass middle class culture I knew from the 90s is dead.
Comical gold area
  12/11/25


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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: histrionic office pozpig



(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: Exciting Aggressive Theater

lol

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:02 PM
Author: histrionic office pozpig

?

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:47 PM
Author: Smoky Set

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: dashing step-uncle's house organic girlfriend

its not

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:51 PM
Author: Smoky Set

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: histrionic office pozpig

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

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:53 PM
Author: Smoky Set

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: histrionic office pozpig

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: Smoky Set

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: histrionic office pozpig

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: turquoise cruel-hearted church building

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: Soul-stirring school

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: chartreuse self-centered puppy

no it just smells funny

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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: very tactful twinkling private investor queen of the night

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: very tactful twinkling private investor queen of the night



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:31 PM
Author: very tactful twinkling private investor queen of the night



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Date: December 10th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: very tactful twinkling private investor queen of the night



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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: very tactful twinkling private investor queen of the night



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Date: December 16th, 2025 9:04 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: Soul-stirring school

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: mauve vibrant cumskin menage

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: Comical gold area

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)