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POLL: is the American middle class dead?

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poppy vibrant sweet tailpipe senate
  05/30/17
lol
narrow-minded keepsake machete
  05/30/17
?
poppy vibrant sweet tailpipe senate
  05/30/17
The stupid American conflation of the working class with the...
judgmental gunner
  05/30/17
its not
wonderful insecure bawdyhouse famous landscape painting
  05/30/17
What politicians call the middle class is bifurcating. About...
judgmental gunner
  05/30/17
In other words, the real middle class is gone since it is de...
poppy vibrant sweet tailpipe senate
  05/30/17
No, the correct definition of the middle class is the class ...
judgmental gunner
  05/30/17
Lol no. It's all about money and what it gets you where you ...
poppy vibrant sweet tailpipe senate
  05/30/17
Stop falling for consumerist bullshit. Class is about power ...
judgmental gunner
  05/30/17
I'm anti-materialism bro. Money is important because you'll ...
poppy vibrant sweet tailpipe senate
  05/30/17
You can still do this imo if you live out in the sticks or i...
Transparent Stage Factory Reset Button
  05/30/17
no. theyre white collar professionals now.
anal overrated piazza
  05/30/17
no it just smells funny
violent preventive strike plaza
  05/30/17
americas middle class is doing just fine bro
demanding base
  12/08/25
like ella cook of brown uni
demanding base
  12/09/25
superior anglo culture
demanding base
  12/18/25
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nyuug
  12/23/25
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nyuug
  12/25/25
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nyuug
  12/28/25
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demanding base
  12/09/25
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demanding base
  12/10/25
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demanding base
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demanding base
  12/16/25
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demanding base
  12/21/25
no it starts at like 200k/yr now though.
anal overrated piazza
  12/09/25
NW up $50k in last 30 days, and $400k y/y. It’s been a...
bateful canary ticket booth chad
  12/10/25
The mass middle class culture I knew from the 90s is dead.
puce affirmative action
  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: poppy vibrant sweet tailpipe senate



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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: narrow-minded keepsake machete

lol

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:02 PM
Author: poppy vibrant sweet tailpipe senate

?

(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: judgmental gunner

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 insecure bawdyhouse famous landscape painting

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: judgmental gunner

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: poppy vibrant sweet tailpipe senate

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: judgmental gunner

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: poppy vibrant sweet tailpipe senate

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: judgmental gunner

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: poppy vibrant sweet tailpipe senate

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: Transparent Stage Factory Reset Button

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: anal overrated piazza

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: violent preventive strike plaza

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: demanding base

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: demanding base

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: demanding base

superior anglo culture

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Date: December 23rd, 2025 5:52 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)



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



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



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2).#49539974)



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



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:31 PM
Author: demanding base



(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: demanding base



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2).#49500549)



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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: demanding base



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2).#49501154)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 9:04 PM
Author: demanding base



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:51 PM
Author: demanding base



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: anal overrated piazza

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: bateful canary ticket booth chad

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: puce affirmative action

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: Watcher in the Woods



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3631082&forum_id=2).#49545950)