• stenAanden@feddit.dk
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    4 days ago

    Do not delude yourself into thinking the class divide in the US is as bad as in the east block countries.

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      4 days ago

      Elon Musk has a trillion dollars. I’m pretty confident that the class divide has never been this bad ever.

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        4 days ago

        Nah, because there are plenty of powerful middle class in between him and a homeless person.

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          3 days ago

          What power do you think the middle class wields? Our paltry life savings can’t buy us a politician or a judge, but to the billionaire elites, it’s pocket change to do so.

          There are only two classes in America. The Owner/Donor class, and everyone else. If you aren’t one of the upper echelon, any power you wield is illusory and can be revoked at any time as soon as it is no longer convenient for you to exercise it freely.

    • Cosmoscos ☭@lemmy.todayBanned from community
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      4 days ago

      former eastern bloc had way way way less class divide like its not even comparable, perhaps the least class divide ever since inception of class society