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They created the middle class to act as a buffer between the working class and a front line to defend their interests
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GodlessCommie lemmy.world K1nsey6@lemmy.world
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Blibittyblah futurology.today Blibittyblah@futurology.today
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And it’s all these middle class people who don’t realize they’re actually upper-lower-class.

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pelespirit sh.itjust.works pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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We need the poors to fight our wars and work on our factory floors.

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Sanctus anarchist.nexus Sanctus@anarchist.nexus
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We need the poors to fight our wars and work on our factory floors.

And when the poors return from the wars and can no longer mend their sores, we gave them the training to settle their scores

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Boomer Humor Doomergod lemmy.world Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world
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Middle class used to mean the wealthy business owners who weren’t peasants but were also not gentry.

Middle class meant people who owned businesses instead of either owning nothing or owning land.

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minorkeys sh.itjust.works minorkeys@sh.itjust.works
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We need the poors to fight our wars and work on our factory floors.

And we may need neither in the coming years.

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BooBees fedinsfw.app BooBees@fedinsfw.app
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And it’s all these middle class people who don’t realize they’re actually upper-lower-class.

Price increases will continue until all moral is low.

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Blibittyblah futurology.today Blibittyblah@futurology.today
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Price increases will continue until all moral is low.

And then what?

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BooBees fedinsfw.app BooBees@fedinsfw.app
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#9 · (edited) Quote Reply

And then what?

Big wars, population shakeups, the board of monopoly is shaken up, the pieces somewhat change hands with exception of those tied most closely to the war machines, and it all happens again in a way that rhymes with the rest of history.

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CrimeIsLegalNow ani.social CrimeIsLegalNow@ani.social
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Middle class used to mean the wealthy business owners who weren’t peasants but were also not gentry. Middle class meant people who owned businesses instead of either owning nothing or owning land.

And the "professional" class which believe it or not has a legal definition, but includes things like doctors and lawyers who might not necessarily own the business they're paid relatively well to work for.

Either way though, small business owners are getting forced out and the ones getting forced out fastest are the ones who understand what's happening.

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babysmokesalot sh.itjust.works babysmokesalot@sh.itjust.works
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🙌

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babysmokesalot sh.itjust.works babysmokesalot@sh.itjust.works
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Give it time.... The USA will be in flames sooner than later 👍️...... When they call us up to serve thats when it will burn or when the bread gets short which it will. 40 trillion no gas this place is going to explode. As we get closer to the presidential election when trump steals it and the dumdumocrats will let it happen. They all in on it.

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babysmokesalot sh.itjust.works babysmokesalot@sh.itjust.works
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And when the poors return from the wars and can no longer mend their sores, we gave them the training to settle their scores

Sounds like Germany and what happened there... We just need courage and stop second guessing ourselves. No lone wolf shit but a show of power in the streets. Shut it all down. Terriorism is a rightwing thing but solidarity is a left wing thing.

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EnsignRoApologist lemmy.world EnsignRoApologist@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-10-23
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The middle class is a socioeconomic structure of society that has existed since the development of agriculture and the resulting food security providing the opportunity for members of a society to do something other than obtain food.

The well-defined and stratified middle class as seen today dates back to the late Middle Ages.

Congrats on being systematically wrong.

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Viking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Middle class used to mean the wealthy business owners who weren’t peasants but were also not gentry. Middle class meant people who owned businesses instead of either owning nothing or owning land.

That's the UK definition of middle class, which is still how they use the term.

In countries without nobility and/or stratified more by wealth based class than hereditary social class, "neither poor nor rich" has been the rough definition since before my boomer parents' parents were born roughly a century ago.

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Rachel lemmy.blahaj.zone ComradeRachel@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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People are like um actualchly middle class has always been around since blah blah and not , should there even be a “lower class” and people in poverty in the first place? Why do so many people think we need a system where poor people exist and deserve to be there because of whatever reasons can be made up.

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Mulligrubs lemmy.world Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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1700s France had a middle class, I recommend that OP check it out.

Our current governments' dismantling of the middle class is against our long-term interests, but boy are they making a bloody fortune.

The middle class is being dismantled by international interests, not nationalist. So they're fine with destroying the bedrock middle class of the USA, because, for one example, China's middle class is doing much better.

They don't want too many middle class, that hits their bottom line.

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protist Member Joined: 2026-03-10
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Unions fought for that shit, bro, it wasn't just "given." This meme erases all their sacrifices

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Miaou jlai.lu Miaou@jlai.lu
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People are like um actualchly middle class has always been around since blah blah and not , should there even be a “lower class” and people in poverty in the first place? Why do so many people think we need a system where poor people exist and deserve to be there because of whatever reasons can be made up.

Nice strawman. People are calling out "I'm 14 and this is edgy" crap like this post because they exhibit as much political education as the average maga. OP is 2 conspiracies away from blaming the Jews

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gwl [he/him] lemmy.blahaj.zone gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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gwl [he/him] lemmy.blahaj.zone gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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That's the UK definition of middle class, which is still how they use the term. In countries without nobility and/or stratified more by wealth based class than hereditary social class, "neither poor nor rich" has been the rough definition since before my boomer parents' parents were born roughly a century ago.
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gwl [he/him] lemmy.blahaj.zone gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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1700s France had a middle class, I recommend that OP check it out. Our current governments' dismantling of the middle class is against our long-term interests, but boy are they making a bloody fortune. The middle class is being dismantled by international interests, not nationalist. So they're fine with destroying the bedrock middle class of the USA, because, for one example, China's middle cla...
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Switorik sh.itjust.works Switorik@sh.itjust.works
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Middle class is 150k+/year now. Bills keep going up but pay hardly keeps up.

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Smaile lemmy.ca Smaile@lemmy.ca
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Nice strawman. People are calling out "I'm 14 and this is edgy" crap like this post because they exhibit as much political education as the average maga. OP is 2 conspiracies away from blaming the Jews

bro look in the mirrror.

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GodlessCommie Moderator K1nsey6@lemmy.world
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Yes, you should go study history, specifically US political history, because not a single thing has changed from liberals since this country was created. They serve capital, they always will at the expense of the working class.

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GodlessCommie Moderator K1nsey6@lemmy.world
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The middle class is a socioeconomic structure of society that has existed since the development of agriculture and the resulting food security providing the opportunity for members of a society to do something other than obtain food. The well-defined and stratified middle class as seen today dates back to the late Middle Ages. Congrats on being systematically wrong.

A historical middle class and a capitalist middle class are not the same animal. They serve different purposes.

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EnsignRoApologist lemmy.world EnsignRoApologist@lemmy.world
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A historical middle class and a capitalist middle class are not the same animal. They serve different purposes.

Show your work.

They serve the same purpose and are the only source of social and political revolution in the last thousand years.

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gwl [he/him] lemmy.blahaj.zone gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Yes, you should go study history, specifically US political history, because not a single thing has changed from liberals since this country was created. They serve capital, they always will at the expense of the working class.
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gwl [he/him] lemmy.blahaj.zone gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Yes, you should go study history, specifically US political history, because not a single thing has changed from liberals since this country was created. They serve capital, they always will at the expense of the working class.
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Daftydux lemmy.dbzer0.com Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Well gee im not 50 years old so I dont really know. It must be true, then.

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AdolfSchmitler lemmy.world AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world
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Nice strawman. People are calling out "I'm 14 and this is edgy" crap like this post because they exhibit as much political education as the average maga. OP is 2 conspiracies away from blaming the Jews

You're way off on this one. What kind of strawman are you talking about? I've seen comments talking about France in the 1700's or the 1500's.

And what are you even trying to say? What conspiracies?? They're asking why a system should have a lower class at all.

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SpaghettiMaster feddit.uk SpaghettiMaster@feddit.uk
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Unions fought for that shit, bro, it wasn't just "given." This meme erases all their sacrifices

Meanwhile the middle class bots on reddit are endlessly crying about the UK raising the minimum wage. Yeah, how dare the poor get anything if it might slightly impact those on over £40k.

Genuinely heard complaints that we can't raise the minimum wage because it will make the cost of living worse.

No longer on minimum wage myself, but I say crank it as hard as fucking possible, to just below the point it actually causes a significant increase in unemployment. Currently under 5% so its clearly NOT too high yet. I have enough now, I want the guy stacking the shelves in Tesco to have enough too.

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SpaghettiMaster feddit.uk SpaghettiMaster@feddit.uk
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Middle class is 150k+/year now. Bills keep going up but pay hardly keeps up.

Depends what you define it as. Willing to vote against the working class to benefit themselves starts from way lower.

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gwl [he/him] lemmy.blahaj.zone gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Yes, you should go study history, specifically US political history, because not a single thing has changed from liberals since this country was created. They serve capital, they always will at the expense of the working class.
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gwl [he/him] lemmy.blahaj.zone gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Yes, you should go study history, specifically US political history, because not a single thing has changed from liberals since this country was created. They serve capital, they always will at the expense of the working class.
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