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What's the deal with the middle class?
On one side, you've got the bourgeoisie: the upper crusters who own everything and work 5000 times as hard as us. At least, that's what my landlord says.
Then you got the proletarains. Rahh! Now that's a real class! If you're not owning, you're working. And if you're working, you're a prole!
But the news and the politicians, they're always talking about the middle class. Middle class, the middle class! Folks, where are they? You got the workers and the owners, who's in the middle? Are they even real, or is it just some sort of fantasy like Chuck Schumer's votersonas?
The middle class is the period of school when Jerry picks up his girlfriend by pretending to be her dad so she can leave early.