Being middle class always struck me as having a moderate amount of disposable income after all regular life expenses.
I’ve been getting shit since “Bad and Bougie” became a thing that the bougerouise were “middle class” in pre-revolutionary France.
Because “middle class” isn’t a mathematical range, class are not defined that equally.
In modern America we have:
Oligarchies
People who don’t have to worry about money.
Homeowners living paycheck to paycheck
Renters living paycheck to paycheck.
Really you could combine 3 and 4, but home ownership is one of the last big investments people have. When “American middle class” became iconic, homeownership was just taken for granted.
It’s a vague outdated system to expect there’s only 3 classes in the American economy
I’ve been getting shit since “Bad and Bougie” became a thing that the bougerouise were “middle class” in pre-revolutionary France.
Because “middle class” isn’t a mathematical range, class are not defined that equally.
In modern America we have:
Oligarchies
People who don’t have to worry about money.
Homeowners living paycheck to paycheck
Renters living paycheck to paycheck.
Really you could combine 3 and 4, but home ownership is one of the last big investments people have. When “American middle class” became iconic, homeownership was just taken for granted.
It’s a vague outdated system to expect there’s only 3 classes in the American economy
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