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I thought I was giving my kids the best childhood ever until my 4-year-old asked why we didn't own a 'bigger golf cart' (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I worry that she actually is "middle class" and the wealth disparity has moved to the point that those of us who cannot spend $150 on pet insurance or drop $750,000+ on a house or $100,000 on a truck are effectively "poor", at least as far as the market is concerned.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

There's people with "Fuck you" money and people without "Fuck you" money.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I mean, it should be median income/wealth, then a standard deviation either way.

But capitalism doesn't care about people, it cares about money. That's the only way the "middle class" can be defined differently.

Don't let capitalism define words.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago

And neither communism nor socialism care about people either, they are just ideas with the inability to care about anything.