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1. pinkprius (pinkprius@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 18:56:03 EST pinkprius

   Don't forget who is everyones enemy - #rich people.
   #latestagecapitalism

   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 19:30:21 EST lnxw48a1

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      @pinkprius @mcscx It is worth remembering that #rich is relative, as is #poor. When my gross income was $10k-$12k, $35-$50k was rich. Now, $100k-$120k is rich. If I ever make that much, $250k will be the cutoff for "rich".
      Some of our (under $100k) best allies make a heck of a lot more than we do.
      1. tekk (tekk@social.tekk.in)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 19:36:08 EST tekk

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         @lnxw48a1 There's a definition of #rich which pretty much works across all of time: You stop working today, right now. Do you ever worry about money again?
         1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 19:46:00 EST lnxw48a1

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            @tekk If I stop working today, I start wondering how I'll pay the rent on the 1st of next month. (Most years, my rent is 40% of my gross income. Last year, it was only 20%, because I worked stupid amounts of overtime, some of which the government is trying to take back.)
            
            But my point was that many of the people ranting about "rich" people would be considered rich themselves by many of the people they claim to represent.
            1. tekk (tekk@social.tekk.in)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 19:49:21 EST tekk

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               @lnxw48a1 Rich definitely has a context, but the rich that people rail against is the kind of rich that I gave. At least in my experience. It still varies ("I can live off investment payouts" in Silicon Valley is different from in Poland) but I feel like it generally meshes pretty well as long as you consider the context.
               1. tekk (tekk@social.tekk.in)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 19:50:54 EST tekk

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                  There are weird edge cases though, namely the particularly frugal. Perhaps "Can stop working and live a middle class or better lifestyle"
      2. mcscx (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 20:04:49 EST mcscx

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         @lnxw48a1 when I think of #rich it's capitalists/top managers who make more per month than their employees make per year @pinkprius cc @blp
         1. vinzv (vinzv@gnusocial.de)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 20:11:54 EST vinzv

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            @mcscx @lnxw48a1 @pinkprius @blp I don't hate rich people. I hate stingy people which is totally independent from their wealth but more related to their personality.
            1. Ben Pfaff (blp@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 20:42:09 EST Ben Pfaff

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               @vinzv @mcscx @lnxw48a1 @pinkprius Maybe I am safe then ;-)
   2. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 19:51:24 EST lnxw48a1

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      @pinkprius @mcscx It is worth remembering that #rich is relative, as is #poor. When my gross income was $10k-$12k, $35-$50k was rich. Now, $100k-$120k is rich. If I ever make that much, $250k will be the cutoff for "rich".
      Some of our (under $100k) best allies make a heck of a lot more than we do.