this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2026
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[–] fort_burp@feddit.nl 42 points 4 days ago

Been waiting over a year!

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 99 points 5 days ago (4 children)
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[–] mr_might44@lemmy.world 96 points 5 days ago (22 children)

If one paycheck is all that stands between half of the people and homelessness, can it really be called the "middle" class?

[–] meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

There was an article with a pretty compelling argument a while ago that basically said the true poverty line in the US is over 100.000$/year family income (when you look at what that number was originally supposed to measure). Below that you're getting fucked left and right.

Every dollar a family earns between 40k and 100k makes them poorer, because it triggers benefit losses (like health care & child care) that exceed income gains.

So what the US reports as "the middle class" are actually the working poor

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[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 51 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Hence why some of the US simply CAN'T protest. If they miss a single pay check-- or get fired for missing work-- they're fucked. Insurance is also tired to work.

[–] Paper_Phrog@lemmy.world 39 points 4 days ago (2 children)
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[–] Aljernon@lemmy.today 35 points 4 days ago (4 children)

My dudes, you have nothing to lose but your Chains.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

So, workers of the world need to unite?

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[–] Incipient8647@leminal.space 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't care who does IT. I would worship the brave soul who puts that orange cancer out of our collective misery.

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[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 41 points 5 days ago (40 children)

Fuck it. Chips on the table, china taking over america would be a net positive at this point. I've never bought into the "country bad because ideology different" bullshit we're fed here in the us. As I can see from here, just about any other large nation assuming control would bring me everything I ask my government for as a default.

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