SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 hours agoPeople who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be poor and how close middle class is to being below the povertymessage-squaremessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1517arrow-down120
arrow-up1497arrow-down1message-squarePeople who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be poor and how close middle class is to being below the povertySatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-213 hours agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squareGuyLivingHere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up13·6 hours agoThere is no ‘middle’ class. There is only ownership and labour.
minus-squareTaldan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·4 hours agoI would argue there are at least 3 classes: The impoverished class that makes their living from the charity of others The working class that makes their living from their labor The ownership class that makes their living from owning things
minus-squaremichaelmrose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoYou basically can’t live on charity one of the classes you mentioned almost doesn’t exist
minus-squareGuyLivingHere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoFair enough, but in a more just system, the impoverished class would barely exist, if at all.
minus-squarecobalt32@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours ago Fair enough, but in a more just system, class would not exist, at all. FTFY :P
minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·6 hours ago There is only ownership parasites and labour. FTFY. You’re welcome.
There is no ‘middle’ class. There is only ownership and labour.
I would argue there are at least 3 classes:
The impoverished class that makes their living from the charity of others
The working class that makes their living from their labor
The ownership class that makes their living from owning things
You basically can’t live on charity one of the classes you mentioned almost doesn’t exist
Fair enough, but in a more just system, the impoverished class would barely exist, if at all.
FTFY :P
FTFY. You’re welcome.
Ha! Many thanks