I'm sitting here weighing the idea that you could get rid of a lot of what's toxic about the word "working-class" (as well as misleading, hypocritical, inconsistent, etc.) in ordinary discourse by just committing to saying "poor" instead
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Running on the Socialist ticket I got 6k votes, and running on the slogan to "End Poverty in California" I got 879k. I think we simply have to recognize the fact that our enemies have succeeded in spreading the Big Lie...
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There is no use attacking it by a front attack, it is much better to out-flank them. Upton Sinclair, 25 September 1951. "The American People will take Socialism, but they won't take the label. I certainly proved it in the case of EPIC."
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I agree “poor” is better. Working class is meant to exclude people who can’t work due to issues such as homelessness (if you can’t provide an address, you can’t get a job at most businesses), those chronic debilitating disabilities, and those with other impairments.
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