Post B4EGg3fC32P6bmhnLU by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
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 (DIR) Post #B4ED8JrB2Gqb7fWzXU by clarity@xoxo.zone
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       Your regular reminder that "the rich" aren't people who earn large paychecks. They are people with capital that generates returns: investments, property, company shares. "High income earners" are not an intrinsic enemy of "the working class" – many of them are a member of it!
       
 (DIR) Post #B4ED8KYQRTRTHnlWwy by clarity@xoxo.zone
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       a surgeon earning $400k with few investments living paycheck-to-paycheck (very possible if they have a sick parent with high healthcare costs or high childcare prices) has more in common with a food service worker than with Jeff Bezos, but the system is designed to make both workers forget that.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4ED8KszD1tAJZNwzw by clarity@xoxo.zone
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       And noteworthily: a NYT opinions journalist who earns a $120k salary and another $200k on their investments and tenant rent absolutely _is_ part of the capitalist class and rich, even though their income is lower than the hypothetical surgeon's!
       
 (DIR) Post #B4EDETCdCTONqXV0NM by icedquinn@blob.cat
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       @clarity there was an old meme image about it where they re-sliced the cube as "rent seekers" insteadprobably accurate
       
 (DIR) Post #B4EGg3fC32P6bmhnLU by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
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       @clarity Pretty much why I tend to instead say bourgeoisie or capitalist instead of "rich" or worse "1%", even though I feel like that could make some people react badly.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4EHxyOAUtxZPrqfEe by clarity@xoxo.zone
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       @lanodan "rent-seekers" is a somewhat less poisoned word in the discourse
       
 (DIR) Post #B4EHxychcraO8weGtE by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
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       @clarity Yeah but I find that one too reductive, specially as it's not immediately obvious it also includes ones like venture capitalists.