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POLL: is the American middle class dead?

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bonkers idiot
  05/30/17
lol
azure apoplectic field
  05/30/17
?
bonkers idiot
  05/30/17
The stupid American conflation of the working class with the...
contagious abode
  05/30/17
its not
Wonderful Idiotic Meetinghouse Striped Hyena
  05/30/17
What politicians call the middle class is bifurcating. About...
contagious abode
  05/30/17
In other words, the real middle class is gone since it is de...
bonkers idiot
  05/30/17
No, the correct definition of the middle class is the class ...
contagious abode
  05/30/17
Lol no. It's all about money and what it gets you where you ...
bonkers idiot
  05/30/17
Stop falling for consumerist bullshit. Class is about power ...
contagious abode
  05/30/17
I'm anti-materialism bro. Money is important because you'll ...
bonkers idiot
  05/30/17
You can still do this imo if you live out in the sticks or i...
sooty dead toilet seat
  05/30/17
no. theyre white collar professionals now.
Multi-colored space
  05/30/17
no it just smells funny
anal crawly corn cake state
  05/30/17
americas middle class is doing just fine bro
fighting lilac institution dragon
  12/08/25
like ella cook of brown uni
fighting lilac institution dragon
  12/09/25
superior anglo culture
fighting lilac institution dragon
  12/18/25
like middle aged minnesota females driving SUVs
fighting lilac institution dragon
  12/23/25
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fighting lilac institution dragon
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nyuug
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fighting lilac institution dragon
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fighting lilac institution dragon
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fighting lilac institution dragon
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fighting lilac institution dragon
  01/04/26
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fighting lilac institution dragon
  01/06/26
Superior gook culture! DURR DURR https://m.koreaherald.co...
histrionic misunderstood sanctuary sandwich
  01/06/26
cuttin deep, whitey
fighting lilac institution dragon
  01/06/26
ASSRAPED as always keep posting nonsense, and you'll keep...
Trip gaping senate
  01/07/26
like Renee Nicole Macklin Good
fighting lilac institution dragon
  01/07/26
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fighting lilac institution dragon
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nyuug
  01/12/26
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fighting lilac institution dragon
  12/09/25
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fighting lilac institution dragon
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fighting lilac institution dragon
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fighting lilac institution dragon
  12/16/25
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fighting lilac institution dragon
  12/21/25
no it starts at like 200k/yr now though.
Multi-colored space
  12/09/25
NW up $50k in last 30 days, and $400k y/y. It’s been a...
Bistre deranged skinny woman police squad
  12/10/25
The mass middle class culture I knew from the 90s is dead.
Concupiscible violet famous landscape painting
  12/11/25
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Titillating Erotic Feces Office
  12/28/25
this
Swashbuckling temple haunted graveyard
  01/07/26
The idea that there is a middle class where people are treat...
fuchsia new version
  01/04/26
oh and America is now brown
black gaped brethren
  01/04/26
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fighting lilac institution dragon
  01/04/26
i really want to get a korean girl preggers
black gaped brethren
  01/04/26
if this is tt6, arent you married with kids now bro Lol g...
fighting lilac institution dragon
  01/04/26
yes tt6. i have 3 girls i am talking too now about becomi...
black gaped brethren
  01/04/26
what brings you to mexico? this nigga be slummin it out when...
fighting lilac institution dragon
  01/07/26
titcp
cerebral elite indirect expression
  01/07/26
Jews and Trump are finishing it off as we speak
fragrant gaming laptop
  01/06/26
180000000
fighting lilac institution dragon
  01/06/26
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black gaped brethren
  01/07/26
Yeah middle class where you could buy a home and a couple ca...
supple yellow parlor
  01/07/26
A while back there was an article in, I think, the NYT Sunda...
cerebral elite indirect expression
  01/07/26
It’s cruel to call someone “middle class” ...
supple yellow parlor
  01/07/26
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bipolar spot national security agency
  01/07/26
Statistics show it exists but has shrunk a lot. Partially b...
Startled stubborn resort potus
  01/07/26


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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: bonkers idiot



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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: azure apoplectic field

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#33431273)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:02 PM
Author: bonkers idiot

?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#33431307)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:47 PM
Author: contagious abode

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: Wonderful Idiotic Meetinghouse Striped Hyena

its not

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#33431713)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:51 PM
Author: contagious abode

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: bonkers idiot

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=2)#33431719)



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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:53 PM
Author: contagious abode

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: bonkers idiot

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: contagious abode

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: bonkers idiot

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: sooty dead toilet seat

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: Multi-colored space

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: anal crawly corn cake state

no it just smells funny

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#33431780)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon

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: fighting lilac institution dragon

like ella cook of brown uni

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49497320)



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Date: December 18th, 2025 9:48 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon

superior anglo culture

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49521143)



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 5:52 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon

like middle aged minnesota females driving SUVs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49534989)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 9:04 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon



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Date: January 15th, 2026 7:58 PM
Author: nyuug



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Date: December 25th, 2025 10:16 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon



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Date: December 28th, 2025 8:36 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon



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Date: December 29th, 2025 8:11 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon



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Date: January 4th, 2026 8:37 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon



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Date: January 6th, 2026 10:33 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon



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Date: January 6th, 2026 11:12 PM
Author: histrionic misunderstood sanctuary sandwich

Superior gook culture! DURR DURR

https://m.koreaherald.com/article/10448716

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/amp/opinion/20260107/the-cost-of-the-middle-class

#AssrapedAgain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49568106)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 11:24 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon

cuttin deep, whitey

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49568123)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 9:05 PM
Author: Trip gaping senate

ASSRAPED as always

keep posting nonsense, and you'll keep getting your shit pushed in, faggot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49570889)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 9:06 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon

like Renee Nicole Macklin Good

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49570891)



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Date: January 8th, 2026 7:02 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon



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Date: January 12th, 2026 9:00 PM
Author: nyuug



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:31 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49498291)



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Date: December 10th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon



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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon



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Date: December 16th, 2025 9:04 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:51 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: Multi-colored space

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: Bistre deranged skinny woman police squad

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: Concupiscible violet famous landscape painting

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)



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Date: December 28th, 2025 8:42 PM
Author: Titillating Erotic Feces Office



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Date: January 7th, 2026 10:41 AM
Author: Swashbuckling temple haunted graveyard

this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49568784)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 8:51 PM
Author: fuchsia new version

The idea that there is a middle class where people are treated equally is dead.

You go on a flight and there are 10 different lines now. The lowest price ticket doesn't even get a bottle of water.

Disney World now lets you cut lines if you pay more. If you pay even more you can cut all the lines.

Concert tickets and sporting events are often $500 a ticket for basic seats. Stadiums keep getting rebuilt with taxpayer money to introduce more suites, more clubs, etc.

Even when you go to the movie theater, there's a separate line for "VIPS" to buy popcorn.

The highways are being restructured to add for pay "express lanes" so wealthier people don't have to sit in traffic.

UMC people don't even go to restaurants anymore - they get Chilis and McDonald's delivered to them.

The world where there was a "middle class" where the town doctor and his janitor left the office and, while the doctor went home to a much nicer house, when they left their houses then experienced more or less the same America - that middle class lifestyle is dead.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49562684)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 8:55 PM
Author: black gaped brethren

oh and America is now brown

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49562694)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 8:56 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49562698)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 8:59 PM
Author: black gaped brethren

i really want to get a korean girl preggers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49562711)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 9:00 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon

if this is tt6, arent you married with kids now bro Lol

get on the apps again if youre still fucking side pussy i guess. that or asian massage shops

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49562714)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 9:04 PM
Author: black gaped brethren

yes tt6.

i have 3 girls i am talking too now about becoming my gf and all know i have kids/wife that i live with. im in mexico

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49562720)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 6:44 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon

what brings you to mexico? this nigga be slummin it out when he could be crushing the manFUCKINGhattan rooftop scene wtf lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49570456)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 10:27 AM
Author: cerebral elite indirect expression

titcp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49568720)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 11:01 PM
Author: fragrant gaming laptop

Jews and Trump are finishing it off as we speak

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49568087)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 11:23 PM
Author: fighting lilac institution dragon

180000000

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49568121)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 10:13 AM
Author: black gaped brethren



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Date: January 7th, 2026 10:22 AM
Author: supple yellow parlor

Yeah middle class where you could buy a home and a couple cars and have a few kids and get them all braces is dead. Forget college. It’s out of reach of many people I talk to these days.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49568715)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 10:29 AM
Author: cerebral elite indirect expression

A while back there was an article in, I think, the NYT Sunday mag about "middle class" parents obsessing about sports for their kids because they are rolling the dice on a scholarship. that is the "plan" to afford college.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49568729)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 6:40 PM
Author: supple yellow parlor

It’s cruel to call someone “middle class” if they have to moonshot so kids can make it into college.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49570448)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 6:50 PM
Author: bipolar spot national security agency



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49570477)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 6:52 PM
Author: Startled stubborn resort potus

Statistics show it exists but has shrunk a lot. Partially because some have gotten rich, partially because some have gotten poor.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2)#49570484)