InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years agoWhat does it take to be "middle class" in America today?hexbear.netimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1107file-text
arrow-up1107imageWhat does it take to be "middle class" in America today?hexbear.netInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
archive.today • How Americans define the middle-class and why they can’t reach it - The Washington Post
minus-squareCyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 years agoThey are, I lost 300 dollars last week from my “retirement savings” lmao
minus-squareElon_Musk [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoYea, but real talk: barring the collapse of the US empire, you will make money in the long run.
minus-squareaaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoThat’s some clown world type shit.
minus-squareCyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoAin’t that the truth
minus-squareaaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoWhat happened to pensions? Did Reagan mess that up too?
minus-squareGalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoYes, indirectly but yes.
They are, I lost 300 dollars last week from my “retirement savings” lmao
Yea, but real talk: barring the collapse of the US empire, you will make money in the long run.
That’s some clown world type shit.
Ain’t that the truth
What happened to pensions? Did Reagan mess that up too?
Yes, indirectly but yes.