• shawn1122@lemm.ee
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    15 days ago

    Defining a phrase is not gatekeeping.

    I think you’d be hard pressed convincing anyone that a physician or lawyer acting as an independent contractor and selling their professional services for $200+/hr is working class.

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      15 days ago

      If you can’t afford your lifestyle without working, you’re working class. If you become homeless without work, you’re working class. If you’re a few missed paychecks away from having to rely on savings for maintaining your life, you’re working class.

      We’d have a more reasonable and progressive society if people were honest about their lack of social safety nets.

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      15 days ago

      I think you’d be hard pressed convincing anyone that a physician or lawyer acting as an independent contractor and selling their professional services for $200+/hr is working class.

      That is indeed your opinion and not what the working class is. That is what I meant by gatekeeping, thank you for demonstrating it again.

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        15 days ago

        I understand now that you are using the communist definition, which is not the definition that’s widely agreed upon but is popular here. Another user clarified that. Thanks and glad we could clear things up.

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      15 days ago

      Some of the only working class people actually making anywhere near what they should be making

      If you work for your paycheck, you’re working class… If your “money works for you” you’re not