It really is. This, plus the creation of a large homeowner class, is the most effective thing America has ever done against socialism in the US. Absolutely destroyed class solidarity by fabricating a new "middle class" that somehow everyone is part of. Tying the majority of the population's life to the imaginary line will make a lot of people fight and die to protect line go up.

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“Investment” is millions of dollars. Your paltry 500 hundred dollars in stock isn’t even a rounding error.

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 2 years ago

Thank you, that's what I wanted to say. OP's post doesn't make this explicitly clear.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 years ago

agreed, I'd phrase it as if your labour is the primary means of paying your bills