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POLL: is the American middle class dead?

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motley hunting ground haunted graveyard
  05/30/17
lol
aphrodisiac indian lodge yarmulke
  05/30/17
?
motley hunting ground haunted graveyard
  05/30/17
The stupid American conflation of the working class with the...
Hideous fortuitous meteor
  05/30/17
its not
Heady pearly stage
  05/30/17
What politicians call the middle class is bifurcating. About...
Hideous fortuitous meteor
  05/30/17
In other words, the real middle class is gone since it is de...
motley hunting ground haunted graveyard
  05/30/17
No, the correct definition of the middle class is the class ...
Hideous fortuitous meteor
  05/30/17
Lol no. It's all about money and what it gets you where you ...
motley hunting ground haunted graveyard
  05/30/17
Stop falling for consumerist bullshit. Class is about power ...
Hideous fortuitous meteor
  05/30/17
I'm anti-materialism bro. Money is important because you'll ...
motley hunting ground haunted graveyard
  05/30/17
You can still do this imo if you live out in the sticks or i...
purple abusive son of senegal legal warrant
  05/30/17
no. theyre white collar professionals now.
beady-eyed house really tough guy
  05/30/17
no it just smells funny
vermilion hall
  05/30/17
americas middle class is doing just fine bro
yellow point mental disorder
  12/08/25
like ella cook of brown uni
yellow point mental disorder
  12/09/25
superior anglo culture
yellow point mental disorder
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yellow point mental disorder
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nyuug
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nyuug
  12/28/25
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nyuug
  12/29/25
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yellow point mental disorder
  12/09/25
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yellow point mental disorder
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yellow point mental disorder
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yellow point mental disorder
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yellow point mental disorder
  12/21/25
no it starts at like 200k/yr now though.
beady-eyed house really tough guy
  12/09/25
NW up $50k in last 30 days, and $400k y/y. It’s been a...
doobsian stead
  12/10/25
The mass middle class culture I knew from the 90s is dead.
Stirring onyx electric furnace scourge upon the earth
  12/11/25
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Watcher in the Woods
  12/28/25


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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: motley hunting ground haunted graveyard



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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: aphrodisiac indian lodge yarmulke

lol

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:02 PM
Author: motley hunting ground haunted graveyard

?

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:47 PM
Author: Hideous fortuitous meteor

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.

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:49 PM
Author: Heady pearly stage

its not

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:51 PM
Author: Hideous fortuitous meteor

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...id#33431726)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:50 PM
Author: motley hunting ground haunted graveyard

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: Hideous fortuitous meteor

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.

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:58 PM
Author: motley hunting ground haunted graveyard

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

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Date: May 30th, 2017 8:00 PM
Author: Hideous fortuitous meteor

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

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Date: May 30th, 2017 8:12 PM
Author: motley hunting ground haunted graveyard

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

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:57 PM
Author: purple abusive son of senegal legal warrant

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

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:57 PM
Author: beady-eyed house really tough guy

no. theyre white collar professionals now.

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:58 PM
Author: vermilion hall

no it just smells funny

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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: yellow point mental disorder

americas middle class is doing just fine bro

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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:21 PM
Author: yellow point mental disorder

like ella cook of brown uni

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Date: December 18th, 2025 9:48 PM
Author: yellow point mental disorder

superior anglo culture

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Date: December 23rd, 2025 5:52 PM
Author: yellow point mental disorder



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Date: December 25th, 2025 10:16 PM
Author: nyuug



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Date: December 28th, 2025 8:36 PM
Author: nyuug



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Date: December 29th, 2025 8:11 PM
Author: nyuug



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:31 PM
Author: yellow point mental disorder



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Date: December 10th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: yellow point mental disorder



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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: yellow point mental disorder



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Date: December 16th, 2025 9:04 PM
Author: yellow point mental disorder



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:51 PM
Author: yellow point mental disorder



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: beady-eyed house really tough guy

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

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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:52 PM
Author: doobsian stead

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.

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Date: December 11th, 2025 12:00 AM
Author: Stirring onyx electric furnace scourge upon the earth

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

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Date: December 28th, 2025 8:42 PM
Author: Watcher in the Woods



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