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I’m not sure how broadening it to include like half the country helps them?

Lots of people live paycheck to paycheck because they have to - other people live paycheck to paycheck because they want to drive a BMW and have a house 50% larger they can afford. They’re not the same.

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There is a range of working class. Some get paid more for their work. They are still working to survive.

As many of the higher wager earners disagree with how the lesser wage earners spend their meager earnings as the less wager earners disagree with the high wager earners.

This is crab mentality. You need to unlearn yours or accept yourself as part of the problem. Some may have larger claws than others but we are all crabs in the same bucket.

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I’m not arguing we aren’t all crabs in a bucket - but telling someone who’s working poor that the guy making 5-10x as much as them and still living paycheck to paycheck just like them doesn’t help anyone?

Nor does it accurately represent how much worse their situation is?

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It’s not about representing how good or bad a worker has it on the spectrum of working class. It’s about recognizing a class of lifeway that two extreme ends share.

Put it this way, you have housecats who are pampered and treated to the finest food and veterinary care, and housecats who are left to limp around pathetically getting barely enough food.

But they’re both pets.

It has nothing to do with how well they’re treated, it’s just what they are.

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2 points

Fast forward a few years and the size of house I will be able to afford is a shoebox.

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Oh man you can still afford any house at all where you are? Lucky :(

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3 points

Getting terribly close to a rendition of the 4 yorkshiremen.

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2 points

It helps win elections

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