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POLL: is the American middle class dead?

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Curious Carnelian Ticket Booth
  05/30/17
lol
Silver stage candlestick maker
  05/30/17
?
Curious Carnelian Ticket Booth
  05/30/17
The stupid American conflation of the working class with the...
Ivory 180 mad-dog skullcap
  05/30/17
its not
Light property yarmulke
  05/30/17
What politicians call the middle class is bifurcating. About...
Ivory 180 mad-dog skullcap
  05/30/17
In other words, the real middle class is gone since it is de...
Curious Carnelian Ticket Booth
  05/30/17
No, the correct definition of the middle class is the class ...
Ivory 180 mad-dog skullcap
  05/30/17
Lol no. It's all about money and what it gets you where you ...
Curious Carnelian Ticket Booth
  05/30/17
Stop falling for consumerist bullshit. Class is about power ...
Ivory 180 mad-dog skullcap
  05/30/17
I'm anti-materialism bro. Money is important because you'll ...
Curious Carnelian Ticket Booth
  05/30/17
You can still do this imo if you live out in the sticks or i...
Adulterous fat ankles private investor
  05/30/17
no. theyre white collar professionals now.
swashbuckling twinkling kitty
  05/30/17
no it just smells funny
Sadistic halford rehab
  05/30/17
americas middle class is doing just fine bro
Wonderful Internet-worthy Corner Trust Fund
  12/08/25
like ella cook of brown uni
Wonderful Internet-worthy Corner Trust Fund
  12/09/25
superior anglo culture
Wonderful Internet-worthy Corner Trust Fund
  12/18/25
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nyuug
  12/23/25
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nyuug
  12/25/25
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Wonderful Internet-worthy Corner Trust Fund
  12/09/25
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Wonderful Internet-worthy Corner Trust Fund
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nyuug
  12/21/25
no it starts at like 200k/yr now though.
swashbuckling twinkling kitty
  12/09/25
NW up $50k in last 30 days, and $400k y/y. It’s been a...
marvelous stage
  12/10/25
The mass middle class culture I knew from the 90s is dead.
Self-centered Macaca Newt
  12/11/25


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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: Curious Carnelian Ticket Booth



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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: Silver stage candlestick maker

lol

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:02 PM
Author: Curious Carnelian Ticket Booth

?

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:47 PM
Author: Ivory 180 mad-dog skullcap

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: Light property yarmulke

its not

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:51 PM
Author: Ivory 180 mad-dog skullcap

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: Curious Carnelian Ticket Booth

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: Ivory 180 mad-dog skullcap

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: Curious Carnelian Ticket Booth

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: Ivory 180 mad-dog skullcap

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: Curious Carnelian Ticket Booth

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: Adulterous fat ankles private investor

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: swashbuckling twinkling kitty

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: Sadistic halford rehab

no it just smells funny

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Date: December 8th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: Wonderful Internet-worthy Corner Trust Fund

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: Wonderful Internet-worthy Corner Trust Fund

like ella cook of brown uni

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Date: December 18th, 2025 9:48 PM
Author: Wonderful Internet-worthy Corner Trust Fund

superior anglo culture

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



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



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:31 PM
Author: Wonderful Internet-worthy Corner Trust Fund



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Date: December 10th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: Wonderful Internet-worthy Corner Trust Fund



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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: Wonderful Internet-worthy Corner Trust Fund



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Date: December 16th, 2025 9:04 PM
Author: Wonderful Internet-worthy Corner Trust Fund



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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: swashbuckling twinkling kitty

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: marvelous stage

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: Self-centered Macaca Newt

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)