• Chloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 days ago

    classes aren’t about how much you make, they’re about how you make:

    • if you make your money by working, and you don’t own the means of production (i.e. the things you use to do your job), you’re in the working class/proletariat. this includes most people, from fast food cashiers to famous actors.
    • if you make your money by working, but you do own the means of production, you’re in the petit bourgeoisie. this includes (for example) artists who make commission work, but also the guy who owns (and runs) the local corner store.
    • if you make your money passively, through other people’s work, you’re in the owner class/bourgeoisie. this includes the walmart CEO as well as the local landlord who lives rent paycheck to rent paycheck.