People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige

Re:People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige by asdfman123 on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @11:55AM (#21981761)

My dad worked for city government as a planner for a small suburban town and my mom worked part time as a bookkeeper. My childhood home's estimated value is like $185k.

My parents were smart and had a little extra cultural capital but yeah, we were pretty middle class. Maybe lower-upper-middle class.

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Re:People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige by bsanr2 on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @07:34PM (#21986955)

>Dad was in a managerial, if not directorial, position not threatened by industry collapse, and made enough so that his wife only had to work part time.

I mean, that would do it. I suppose it depends on when and where you grew up. Suffice it to say that this kind of upbringing sounds unusually high-end compared to the actual American middle class for the past 30-odd years (where you would likely find both parents working, home ownership a tenuous proposition, and private schools out of the question).

I point this out mostly because we're sorely in need of a reexamination of what's "normal" and what should be normal in this country.

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