• ziggurat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    24 days ago

    Yes we are the poor. If you need a job to survive you are the working class. The middle class is a concept to avoid people eating the rich. This also counts if your salary is a million, if you need to continue to work to make your life work, you are the working class.

    • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      24 days ago

      Also originally the middle class is wealthy people who have no title. Like landed gentry and the bourgeoisie. And the upper class is aristocracy and nobility.

    • Aceticon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      24 days ago

      There are only two classes:

      • The Owner class who lives of the income from merelly owning things.
      • The Worker class who has to work for a living.