• OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    He’s not complaining about his income. He’s saying “I’ve reached a level of income that SHOULD entitle me to the American dream, but even at this amount I too am barred”

    When we say ‘eat the rich’ we don’t mean ‘shit on what is effectively what’s left of the middle class’.

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      3 months ago

      Thank you. You’re spot on with my thoughts. I used to consider myself “upper middle class” with the mobility to do what I wanted. However if I’m having trouble, and I know what the median income is, I know for a fact it’s 100x worse for someone in that bracket. It’s just plain gotten out of control.

      Honestly the measure of what I use for “are you rich?” Is “can I survive a long term medical issue (or any other “big” issue) without it causing an impact to my current quality of living?” and for 99%+ of this county that is no longer possible.

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        3 months ago

        Yeah I don’t make nearly 250 but im surprised at how high a quartile I am considering how poorly I have to live. I totally realize how lucky I am and how sad that is.

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        3 months ago

        Yup the answer for costs that look like years of medical debt and no functional income generation is gonna be old-yellering us starting in the next couple years

        Maybe we can go to work camps first to get some last profit and call it some kind of final solution to ending the drain on society that the piors inflict on the strong morally superior income brackets