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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • People who have high enough paying jobs to actually save and are also able to take time off from work? That’s “plenty” of people, sure. But they’re all assholes

    I’m not dividing anyone, these are the generally accepted terms for people’s income brackets and method of earning income.

    You are lashing out at working class people for daring to do something easily obtainable for the majority of working class people.

    You regularly comment on the economy and politics yet you don’t even understand who your peers are meant to be in the struggle against income inequality.

    It’s not a struggle between cashier and doctor.

    It’s the working class and the owner class that are in different lanes of a K shaped economy.

    Owning a few shares doesn’t make your income passive. Shares are the best long term vehicle for retirement savings and people should be building investments their whole working life so they can afford to retire.


  • Working class simply means someone who works for a living. They’re not earning passive income from capital.

    An engineer earning $250k a year is working class.

    They’ll work for the majority of their healthy lifespan and likely retire with a net worth in the millions unless they’re squandering everything.

    If you don’t fall into the category where you actually work then you’re the unemployed poor, not working class.

    If you work for fuck all income (below the poverty line despite working) you’re the working poor.

    They’re fact you need this explained should really highlight how little you know and understand about economics, employment and wealth.


  • Cypher@aussie.zonetoMemes@sopuli.xyzIt's about the *option*
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    There are a surprising number of these losers on lemmy.

    They think having literally any money, any financial stability or disposable income makes you the ‘ultra rich’ enemy.

    Owning a car is too rich for many of them, forget owning a house, and if your net worth ever exceeds a million dollars you need the guillotine.

    Then they’re shocked the working class aren’t on board with them.