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POLL: is the American middle class dead?

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self-centered walnut lettuce piazza
  05/30/17
lol
lemon shivering double fault filthpig
  05/30/17
?
self-centered walnut lettuce piazza
  05/30/17
The stupid American conflation of the working class with the...
french hilarious market
  05/30/17
its not
marvelous business firm azn
  05/30/17
What politicians call the middle class is bifurcating. About...
french hilarious market
  05/30/17
In other words, the real middle class is gone since it is de...
self-centered walnut lettuce piazza
  05/30/17
No, the correct definition of the middle class is the class ...
french hilarious market
  05/30/17
Lol no. It's all about money and what it gets you where you ...
self-centered walnut lettuce piazza
  05/30/17
Stop falling for consumerist bullshit. Class is about power ...
french hilarious market
  05/30/17
I'm anti-materialism bro. Money is important because you'll ...
self-centered walnut lettuce piazza
  05/30/17
You can still do this imo if you live out in the sticks or i...
sooty place of business temple
  05/30/17
no. theyre white collar professionals now.
Godawful excitant corner
  05/30/17
no it just smells funny
Bistre prole church building
  05/30/17
americas middle class is doing just fine bro
blue useless brakes hall
  12/08/25
like ella cook of brown uni
blue useless brakes hall
  12/09/25
superior anglo culture
nyuug
  12/18/25
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blue useless brakes hall
  12/09/25
...
blue useless brakes hall
  12/10/25
...
blue useless brakes hall
  12/10/25
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nyuug
  12/16/25
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nyuug
  12/21/25
no it starts at like 200k/yr now though.
Godawful excitant corner
  12/09/25
NW up $50k in last 30 days, and $400k y/y. It’s been a...
Cyan whorehouse
  12/10/25
The mass middle class culture I knew from the 90s is dead.
Burgundy university mexican
  12/11/25


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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: self-centered walnut lettuce piazza



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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: lemon shivering double fault filthpig

lol

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:02 PM
Author: self-centered walnut lettuce piazza

?

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:47 PM
Author: french hilarious market

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=2Reputation#33431693)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:49 PM
Author: marvelous business firm azn

its not

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:51 PM
Author: french hilarious market

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=2Reputation#33431726)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:50 PM
Author: self-centered walnut lettuce piazza

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=2Reputation#33431719)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:53 PM
Author: french hilarious market

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=2Reputation#33431737)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:58 PM
Author: self-centered walnut lettuce piazza

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=2Reputation#33431782)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 8:00 PM
Author: french hilarious market

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=2Reputation#33431803)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 8:12 PM
Author: self-centered walnut lettuce piazza

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=2Reputation#33431857)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:57 PM
Author: sooty place of business temple

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=2Reputation#33431763)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:57 PM
Author: Godawful excitant corner

no. theyre white collar professionals now.

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



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:58 PM
Author: Bistre prole church building

no it just smells funny

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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: blue useless brakes hall

americas middle class is doing just fine bro

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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:21 PM
Author: blue useless brakes hall

like ella cook of brown uni

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Date: December 18th, 2025 9:48 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)

superior anglo culture

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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:31 PM
Author: blue useless brakes hall



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Date: December 10th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: blue useless brakes hall



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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: blue useless brakes hall



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



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2Reputation#49515493)



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:51 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: Godawful excitant corner

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

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



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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:52 PM
Author: Cyan whorehouse

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=2Reputation#49501158)



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Date: December 11th, 2025 12:00 AM
Author: Burgundy university mexican

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

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