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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

How do you even define working class anymore anyway? With the increase in working hours, declining pay, rising cost of living, I think vast swathes of people who would define themselves as middle class (i.e. culturally) are actually working class (i.e. financially), but because people think of themselves as middle class they don't really think of themselves as being exploited.

hah, the old first-world working class was destroyed in the 80s (except in germany and northern europe maybe?) and replaced by a handful of highly disposable service serfs and a ton of macjobs.


and yet, there are ways to live on little money provided one doesn't follow the scripted path of consumerism and crushing debt-- because rich countries are still rich. and i'm not talking about dumpster diving (though it's an option as well).