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POLL: is the American middle class dead?

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Appetizing laser beams
  05/30/17
lol
tantric quadroon
  05/30/17
?
Appetizing laser beams
  05/30/17
The stupid American conflation of the working class with the...
White Slippery Center Candlestick Maker
  05/30/17
its not
Claret razzmatazz brunch
  05/30/17
What politicians call the middle class is bifurcating. About...
White Slippery Center Candlestick Maker
  05/30/17
In other words, the real middle class is gone since it is de...
Appetizing laser beams
  05/30/17
No, the correct definition of the middle class is the class ...
White Slippery Center Candlestick Maker
  05/30/17
Lol no. It's all about money and what it gets you where you ...
Appetizing laser beams
  05/30/17
Stop falling for consumerist bullshit. Class is about power ...
White Slippery Center Candlestick Maker
  05/30/17
I'm anti-materialism bro. Money is important because you'll ...
Appetizing laser beams
  05/30/17
You can still do this imo if you live out in the sticks or i...
Cheese-eating Ultramarine Macaca
  05/30/17
no. theyre white collar professionals now.
Magenta meetinghouse tattoo
  05/30/17
no it just smells funny
cruel-hearted telephone
  05/30/17
americas middle class is doing just fine bro
Vigorous National
  12/08/25
like ella cook of brown uni
Vigorous National
  12/09/25
superior anglo culture
Vigorous National
  12/18/25
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Vigorous National
  12/23/25
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Vigorous National
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nyuug
  12/28/25
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nyuug
  12/29/25
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Vigorous National
  12/09/25
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Vigorous National
  12/10/25
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Vigorous National
  12/10/25
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Vigorous National
  12/16/25
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Vigorous National
  12/21/25
no it starts at like 200k/yr now though.
Magenta meetinghouse tattoo
  12/09/25
NW up $50k in last 30 days, and $400k y/y. It’s been a...
sick doctorate
  12/10/25
The mass middle class culture I knew from the 90s is dead.
histrionic pearly sweet tailpipe lay
  12/11/25
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htt
  12/28/25


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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: Appetizing laser beams



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Date: May 30th, 2017 6:57 PM
Author: tantric quadroon

lol

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Date: May 30th, 2017 7:02 PM
Author: Appetizing laser beams

?

(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: White Slippery Center Candlestick Maker

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: Claret razzmatazz brunch

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: White Slippery Center Candlestick Maker

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: Appetizing laser beams

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: White Slippery Center Candlestick Maker

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: Appetizing laser beams

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: White Slippery Center Candlestick Maker

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: Appetizing laser beams

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: Cheese-eating Ultramarine Macaca

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: Magenta meetinghouse tattoo

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: cruel-hearted telephone

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: Vigorous National

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: Vigorous National

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: Vigorous National

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: Vigorous National



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Date: December 25th, 2025 10:16 PM
Author: Vigorous National



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



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Date: December 29th, 2025 8:11 PM
Author: nyuug



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:31 PM
Author: Vigorous National



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Date: December 10th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: Vigorous National



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Date: December 10th, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: Vigorous National



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Date: December 16th, 2025 9:04 PM
Author: Vigorous National



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Date: December 21st, 2025 5:51 PM
Author: Vigorous National



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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: Magenta meetinghouse tattoo

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: sick doctorate

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: histrionic pearly sweet tailpipe lay

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: htt



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