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Mad genius, comedian, actor, and freelance voiceover artist broadcasting from the distant shores of Lake Erie (he/him)

Broadview Heights, Ohio
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    1. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Jan 14

      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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    2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Jan 14

      Yes I know that in Marxist theory etc. it has a specific meaning I'm saying that meaning has been so messed up by the way people use it and bicker over it that outside of an academic context, "poor" works much better

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    3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Jan 14

      It's just really grating hearing about "the working class" to refer to people who own giant ranch houses and huge pickup trucks and a whole arsenal and so forth, and who turn out to own businesses and have employees Over and over and over again

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    4. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Jan 14

      I understand that nowadays what a lot of people mean by "working-class" is just a set of cultural stereotypes, nothing more So just say "poor" instead -- if you actually care about helping people then "poor" is the important thing

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    5. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Jan 14

      ("Middle-class" is a million times worse but we've already beaten that conversation to death)

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    6. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Jan 14

      (The worst thing about Chris Arnade's "front-row-kids vs back-row-kids" thing is anything actually worthwhile about this discourse could be completely replaced by "rich vs poor" To the extent "FRK vs BRK" means anything *more* than "rich vs poor", it is garbage)

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    7. Crisis! At the PTA zoom‏ @dominomask Jan 14
      Replying to @arthur_affect

      It does bump up against the bad faith “but they have a cell phone! But they have a tv! But they have a refrigerator!” objection to ever trying to get people to accept what “poor” means and who it is.

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      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Jan 14
      Replying to @dominomask

      Occupy Wall Street really struck gold with the "99% vs. 1%" messaging, even though since then that's given way to a lot of inane bickering over how specifically you define that

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        1. Crisis! At the PTA zoom‏ @dominomask Jan 14
          Replying to @arthur_affect

          I think things like “food insecure” and “paycheck to paycheck” can be helpful and relatable, but we need pithier retorts to the inevitable “then they should just” and “well when my grandad was that poor...” stuff that’s always the response.

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        1. Crisis! At the PTA zoom‏ @dominomask Jan 14
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          Breakdowns of how different the economy is now don’t seem to resonate

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