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Gormy Cuss

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14. I agree with you on the Marxist tinge aspect.

Reply to socialist_n_TN (Reply #12)

Thu Aug 1, 2013, 11:27 PM

Aug 2013

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AFAIK "working class" encompassed a broad swath of economic situations but had as its unifying factor viewing one's self as worker rather than manager. When unions were stronger in this country many working class people were also middle income (or "middle class" in the vernacular.)

Middle class was always the desired status, even as this author points out Americans historically have resisted "class" labeling, because class is not strictly tied to income but rather to status.

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Why Americans All Believe They Are 'Middle Class' [View all] n2doc Aug 2013 OP

People don't mention the working class much anymore. LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #1

Working class are the new lower middle class Gormy Cuss Aug 2013 #10

Working class was never a particular economic designation.... socialist_n_TN Aug 2013 #12

I agree with you on the Marxist tinge aspect. Gormy Cuss Aug 2013 #14

Bingo! Your post is spot-on. Populist_Prole Aug 2013 #15

I do believe the designation needs to fall on more than just income. Uncle Joe Aug 2013 #2

A lot of it is cultural identification starroute Aug 2013 #3

I agree with much of what you say here. Bunnahabhain Aug 2013 #4

I always had to skimp but had enough to live, never made $100K in my life, is that the middle. 1-Old-Man Aug 2013 #5

The big problem is there's no standard definition of middle class. BlueCheese Aug 2013 #6

DURec leftstreet Aug 2013 #7

It's a political method of looking like you're saying something when you're really not. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #8

"Genteel Poverty" is a term used a lot in my senior neighborhood..n/t monmouth3 Aug 2013 #9

Fuck that. I grew up in poverty NickB79 Aug 2013 #11

Maybe they're suffering from what I call "Steinbeck Syndrome." Brigid Aug 2013 #13