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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Worth noting, approximately 18% of American adults earn more than $100,000 a year.

They call it the K-shaped economy. There's an upper portion of the working class whose lives only get better (high wages, private property, investments) and a lower portion whose lives only get worse. It's hard to believe that someone who is going to work a low wage job until they die so they can give most of their paycheck to a landlord is bourgeoisified by imperial superprofits.