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RJ_MacReady

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4. Generally yes

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Thu Nov 21, 2024, 06:01 PM

Nov 2024

As a party we need to speak to non college educated workers again.

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What exactly is the American working class? [View all] Yavin4 Nov 2024 OP

Anyone who works to get a paycheck, college or no. Blue Full Moon Nov 2024 #1

So, if you're making $500K a year Yavin4 Nov 2024 #2

I guess that depends on the cost of living in your area and whether you're living within your means /nt The Wandering Harper Nov 2024 #3

The gap between the truly wealthy and the middle class has grown Johonny Nov 2024 #8

I would consider upper management not. Blue Full Moon Nov 2024 #6

Generally yes RJ_MacReady Nov 2024 #4

"We" John Shaft Nov 2024 #9

Not all non-college educated workers are also working class. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #10

A lot of English majors work hourly jobs in the car factories. multigraincracker Nov 2024 #11

I hate when people say this shit Dem4life1234 Nov 2024 #28

I'd agree with your definition The Wandering Harper Nov 2024 #5

I don't remember the source, The Wandering Harper Nov 2024 #7

Your edit statement is true Dlpger61 Nov 2024 #12

I'm college educated and retired MichMan Nov 2024 #13

Same here Blue Full Moon Nov 2024 #15

Do you have assets? Yavin4 Nov 2024 #19

How does that change whether someone is working class or not? MichMan Nov 2024 #27

Having appreciable assets mean that you're not dependent solely on your job for income. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #30

What job? I'm retired. MichMan Nov 2024 #34

What it actually means is the non-wealthy white people TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #14

POC can't be working class by definition? MichMan Nov 2024 #16

In a sane world, sure. In this one? C'mon you know who they are talking about in this one. TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #39

Working class people know they are in the working class. Magoo48 Nov 2024 #17

I think it used to mean Meowmee Nov 2024 #18

I think that it comes down to pay, education level, and ownership of assets Yavin4 Nov 2024 #21

Some plumbers make a fortune here Meowmee Nov 2024 #23

Not even a very modest 401k of a few thousand dollars and a $4000 used car? MichMan Nov 2024 #35

People who's survival and quality of life is determined by their job. wintemark Nov 2024 #20

I guess I'd say if a worker gets a W-2. Hugin Nov 2024 #22

I know someone making $150K a year and gets a W2 Yavin4 Nov 2024 #24

The definition that H2O Man Nov 2024 #25

Everyone has their own deffinition Zeitghost Nov 2024 #26

Which makes political messaging impossible. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #32

I'm going to ask google Mossfern Nov 2024 #29

Now, ask it to craft a political message based on that definition.n/t Yavin4 Nov 2024 #33

Really good wiki article defining "working class" LearnedHand Nov 2024 #31

the context in which that phrase is used most of the time, ecstatic Nov 2024 #36

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. Lord Acton Ping Tung Nov 2024 #37

Work has changed. Office "factories" are common now. KentuckyWoman Nov 2024 #38