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Re:What’s Behind the Ballooning Upper Middle Class? Education by eli_gottlieb on Sunday July 17, 2016 @04:30PM (#12111673)
Well, two people making $150k/year together are making $75k/year each, which is actually reasonably middle-class-ish, and they're definitely both working-class in the strict material-relations sense because they sell their labor-power to survive.
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Re:What’s Behind the Ballooning Upper Middle Class? Education by dragontamer on Sunday July 17, 2016 @09:13PM (#12112725)
Median household income in America is $53,482.

That's both salaries mother and father combined. You've got to be kidding me if having a takehome income literally TRIPLE the median constitutes "middle class".

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Re:What’s Behind the Ballooning Upper Middle Class? Education by massysett on Sunday July 17, 2016 @10:52PM (#12113006)
There's no official or scientific definition of "middle class". Maybe it means the middle 95 percent. Triple the median still puts you well below the top 1 percent and below millionaire or billionaire. Since current political rhetoric singles those folks out as rich, it's no wonder most folks below that level would call themselves "middle class".
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Re:What’s Behind the Ballooning Upper Middle Class? Education by eli_gottlieb on Sunday July 17, 2016 @09:37PM (#12112808)
>That's both salaries mother and father combined. You've got to be kidding me if having a takehome income literally TRIPLE the median constitutes "middle class".

Look, I don't even think "middle class" is a meaningful term. Don't ask me.

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Re:What’s Behind the Ballooning Upper Middle Class? Education by dragontamer on Monday July 18, 2016 @01:40AM (#12113394)
This is actually be the most rational response I've gotten so far.
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Re:What’s Behind the Ballooning Upper Middle Class? Education by henrikschroder on Monday July 18, 2016 @12:54AM (#12113268)
> and they're definitely both working-class in the strict material-relations sense

Despite the name, having to work for a living isn't what puts you in the working class. What you work with, and how you value different types of work and education is what puts you there.

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