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antiquie

(4,299 posts)
8. Then why do it?
Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:07 AM
Oct 2012

"I rather resent (as a liberal progressive) attempts to divide the 99% along class lines for no useful purpose."

I don't rather resent it. I resent it. In my own professional life, I have earned six figures and nothing as high tech dispensed with a lot of us oldsters. I continued work as long as I could as a lower-level technician and finally as a clerical worker barely earning minimum wage. After that I managed on my IRA until SS kicked in. It has been wonderful and very difficult.

Since I believe that the 99% are equal, I really do not get this obsession with the American Class System -- which seems to me to be an invention of those who want to create division among us.

Trashing Occupy Underground now as it is not the progressive safe-haven I misbelieved it to be.

And congratulations to ellisonz for driving off a low-post counter. Do they give you a ribbon?

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This makes sense. I like the Quebec example. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #1
I'm confused. antiquie Sep 2012 #2
The American class system really simplified looks something like this: ellisonz Oct 2012 #5
highly accurate! warrprayer Oct 2012 #6
Thank you! ellisonz Oct 2012 #7
Then why do it? antiquie Oct 2012 #8
Okay. ellisonz Oct 2012 #9
Middle class and lower middle class... TommyCelt Oct 2012 #10
Why post this in the Occupy forum? U4ikLefty Sep 2012 #3
seems appropriate to me. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #4
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