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https://www.businessinsider.com/what-it-takes-to-be-middle-class-middle-income-wealth-2024-5

"If we admit that we're very class-based — which we really are — that reveals the uncomfortable truth that we're not as democratic as we like to pretend to be, which is the heart and soul of this country," he said. "If we're not truly democracy, then what are we? That's the whole justification for creating this country."

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[-] flan@hexbear.net 59 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

If we're not truly democracy, then what are we?

Three dictatorships of the bourgeoisie in a coat.

While many might think middle-income Americans would be living this dream, they're not.

Who are the "many" in this sentence?

[-] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 22 points 5 months ago

the esteemed readers of the New York Times

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