And they say people don't gatekeep the designation of classes. :p
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I feel like most class distinctions only serve to divide people who have the same material interests. Both a journalist and a nurse sell their labour to sustain themselves. I am comfortable defining both as working class.
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That's what it comes down to in the 21st century. Who benefits from your labour? Whose labour do you benefit from? The answers to these vary, but it's pretty much a slider value.
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America's class system is ridiculously complicated, but sociologically the main differentiator between "working class" and "middle class" is whether or not one works in an office building. (There are, of course, a gazillion exceptions.)
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But in practice, it's got as much to do with where, and how, you live, your own education and that of your parents, and several other factors. Pretty much every "simple" statement of US class boundaries will be wrong in at least some cases. There's lots of special cases.
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Some people are best ignored. I never heard of that person before this morning & hope that's the end of my awareness of her.
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I mean, nurses ARE pretty clearly working class (despite questions of education and credentialing). But so are journalists!
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fun definition. surgeons are now working class, callcenter workers are not
there's a distinction between working class and professional class (that's more weberian than marxian class analysis, but also useful), and it doesn't draw the line at which bodyparts you labor withThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I've actually seen a lot of my leftist friends struggle how to define working class. Is it income? Type of job? Education required? Each definition leaves someone out, so...
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