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RememberUsAlways

Republicans talking up the strength of the #consumer to prevent panic selling #recession.
I don't like #Republicans label of "consumer" on the American customer. It's a way for corporate to devalue the #middleclass.

They don't even realize a "strong customer" would be due to the #Biden economy.

Then they blame Biden for the drop in market value.

Watching #Republicans twist themselves into pretzels and eat their own "economic analysis" is comical.
Clueless #bootlickers
#CNBC
#squakbox

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RememberUsAlways

#Republicans lost the #middleclass #economy.

"Costco CFO sounds alarm on consumer trend
Retailers could be in for a rough 2025.
70% of consumers say inflation has hurt their household finances.

And compounding matters is that #interestrates remain stubbornly high due to sticky #inflation. In January the Federal Reserve hit pause on interest rate cuts. And it’s likely to hold rates steady when it meets in mid-March"
#premarket
#recession
#Trump
#tariff
#tariffs
thestreet.com/retail/costco-cf

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Heliograph

🤖 another #middleClass vanishing

"The stable middle ground of tech employment - the middle-class engineer - is disappearing. Builders who can code now ship entire products in days using AI. A single developer can now accomplish what once required an entire team. Companies are focusing on engineers who can demonstrate they can do the job of multiple engineers. The biggest losers in this shift may be the fresh graduates looking to enter the industry - recent graduates now have to be better than people already working."

analyticsindiamag.com/ai-featu

Analytics India Magazine · The Vanishing Middle Class of TechWith AI tools like GitHub Copilot and Cursor, a single developer can now accomplish what once required an entire team.
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Toadlyturtle

There's talk of a #doge #stimulus with an income minimum

It won't be to help those most in need

It will be to pad the pockets of those who most profit from #consumerism

It may be said that the #middleclass can't help those in need, because so much already goes to supporting #capitalism

Then stop

Engage in mutual survival, not feeding the machine

The machine that continues to bring poverty & death to families such as #SabiLewSounds & family

#decolonize#SettlerSaturday#IndigenousMutualAid
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Toadlyturtle

We can't know the future & so many are struggling in this world

Those who help most struggle most

Those who help least struggle least

The #middleclass produces despots by giving of themselves more to support #capitalism & #fascism, than ever to help those in #poverty

There's this state of #apathy & #complacency, built on fear, that keeps lined the pockets of those at upper echelons of #society

Like keeping those in power appeased, that they too aren't left with nothing

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Heretical_i

What Americans believe vs reality. Reality IS they ARE NOT "Temporarily embarrassed millionaires", they're #WageSlaves.

"According to the survey, 63% of single respondents and 69% of divorced respondents reported household incomes under $50,000 annually." unusualwhales.com/news/70-of-s

Yet, "Fifty-four percent of Americans consider themselves part of the #middleclass, with 39% identifying as “middle class” and 15% as “upper-middle class," per Gallup:"
Citing masto.ai/@unusual_whales/11402

@unusual_whales

Unusual Whales - News · 70% of single people struggle to afford housing payments, compared to 52% of married peopleSurvey: Single and Divorced Americans Struggle More with Housing Costs Than Married Couples A recent survey by Redfin found that nearly 70% of single, divorced, or separated individuals face challenges in affording housing payments—a significantly higher percentage than the 52% of married individuals who report similar difficulties. Financial Struggles of Single Renters and Homeowners Unlike married couples who can share rent or mortgage payments, single individuals must cover housing costs
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Johannes Oschlies
 Reverend Elvis schrieb den folgenden Beitrag Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:13:20 +0100 Die Mittelklasse geht ja unter.
Sie ist ja auch nur Arbeiterklasse (sonst würde sie ja die Produktionsmittel besitzen) bloß halt mit iPhones. Das weiß sie aber nicht, denn Klassenbewusstsein muss man lernen.
Sie selbst hält sich ja für erweckt. Woke von eng. "woke up" - erwacht, aufgeweckt. Das ist selten ein gutes Zeichen.

Ich bin dafür, wir ersetzen das mit
vogue und dieses Mal nicht als Abgrenzung von den Armen, sondern als Solidarität aller. Man wird ja noch träumen dürfen....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYjBTiB9fN0

#mittelklasse #outofvogue #vogue #punk #middleclass
Undead-A-SocialReverend Elvis (@reverend@social.undeadnetwork.de)416 Posts, 693 Following, 372 Followers · Musician - Artist - Publicist - Label Owner - Underground Extremist Reverend Elvis - A.E. Freier - Undead Network KUNST IST FREI! - ART IS FREE! Email: reverend@undeadnetwork.de Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/@reverend:undeadchemnitz.de DON’T FOLLOW ME IF YOU ARE NOT 18 OR OLDER Not New here - new instance after update PGP: 9E3114EFE8F557F7
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Reverend Elvis

Die Mittelklasse geht ja unter.
Sie ist ja auch nur Arbeiterklasse (sonst würde sie ja die Produktionsmittel besitzen) bloß halt mit iPhones. Das weiß sie aber nicht, denn Klassenbewusstsein muss man lernen.
Sie selbst hält sich ja für erweckt. Woke von eng. "woke up" - erwacht, aufgeweckt. Das ist selten ein gutes Zeichen.

Ich bin dafür, wir ersetzen das mit
vogue und dieses Mal nicht als Abgrenzung von den Armen, sondern als Solidarität aller. Man wird ja noch träumen dürfen....

youtube.com/watch?v=eYjBTiB9fN

YouTubeMiddle class - Out of vogueBy Evilmindslo
#mittelklasse#outofvogue#vogue
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beSpacific

Trump’s #attack on the #federal #workforce is an attack on the Black #middleclass. Center for American Progress - “the federal government has hired Black Americans at higher rates than the private sector going back a century or more.” Federal workforce, though far from majority #Black, is disproportionately Black. Any policy aimed at firing federal workers en masse would still #disproportionately hurt Black people. This is not a bug in Trump’s program. It is a feature. msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio

MSNBC · Trump’s attack on the federal workforce is an attack on the Black middle classBy Jarvis DeBerry
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Voting is Your POWER

Thousands upon thousands of people work for these tech billionaires, churning out code, maintaining systems and running the business. Musk and Zuckerberg may not want to admit it, but they couldn't make a dime without those people. #uspol #uspolitics #workers #MiddleClass #labor #economy

salon.com/2025/01/17/the-tech-

Salon.com · Tech's war on "woke" is a war on workers
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