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[–] idkmybffjoeysteel@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does anyone else get these videos on TikTok where it's like:

  • working class - £20k
  • lower middle class - £30k
  • middle class - £40k
  • upper middle class - £50k
  • upper class - £60k
  • ruling class - £70k

and the comments are so uninformed that they just accept this stratification as a given. Try to explain to people that if you have to work for a living and if you stop working you die then you are working class and it doesn't compute. Nevermind that you can't actually raise a family comfortably with a single income of less than £70k in this country, if you try to explain to people actually yeah we should all be getting paid a hell of a lot more they will look at you like you've just tried to fuck their dog.

In my opinion, if a middle class exists, it is small business owners and doctor couples with a combined income of £400k, and anyone that has started to accumulate rental properties in addition to owning their own home.