There are landlords and small business owners: petty bourgeoisie
There are hybrid and border cases: someone who makes 30% of their income passively through investments but the remaining 70% from labor, those who have pensions, or flip homes occasionally, etc.
Liberals love to conflate all three of these into a single “middle class” because it furthers their delusion that class collaboration is sustainable and the natural state of capitalism. It’s not a single class though because the material interests don’t align neatly… what benefits petty bourgeois often damages labor aristocrats (deregulating the environment, for example); and what benefits the labor aristocrats often damages the petty bourgeois (rent caps, free college)
hey im not american but isn't there households in expensive cities who struggle with 100k salary (before tax)? What salry do you expect people/families not to struggle with. Like 1 meter apartments in newyork cost 1000 usd a month.
To Sarah Palin types, "millionaire" is synonymous with "middle class." :maybe-later-kiddo:
"Middle class" is a vague and empty label that can be moved wherever convenient.
“Middle class” isn’t real
There are highly paid proles: labor aristocrats
There are landlords and small business owners: petty bourgeoisie
There are hybrid and border cases: someone who makes 30% of their income passively through investments but the remaining 70% from labor, those who have pensions, or flip homes occasionally, etc.
Liberals love to conflate all three of these into a single “middle class” because it furthers their delusion that class collaboration is sustainable and the natural state of capitalism. It’s not a single class though because the material interests don’t align neatly… what benefits petty bourgeois often damages labor aristocrats (deregulating the environment, for example); and what benefits the labor aristocrats often damages the petty bourgeois (rent caps, free college)
I know that. I was pointing out just how vague the label is when it comes to where it's applied and why.
I’m agreeing with you :)
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There’s always a relevant :citations-needed: huh
hey im not american but isn't there households in expensive cities who struggle with 100k salary (before tax)? What salry do you expect people/families not to struggle with. Like 1 meter apartments in newyork cost 1000 usd a month.