☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoTop 1% of U.S. Earners Now Hold More Wealth Than All of the Middle Classwww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTop 1% of U.S. Earners Now Hold More Wealth Than All of the Middle Classwww.bloomberg.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squarepudcollar@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 months ago“Earner” doesn’t sound like the right word for people who make their money by owning things instead of working.
minus-squarecryptosporidium140@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoI feel like earning is always an illusion. It’s leverage and negotiation all the way down. The people who feel like they get paid exactly what they earn are in one of the spots where this broken clock is right
“Earner” doesn’t sound like the right word for people who make their money by owning things instead of working.
yeah these are rentier class
I feel like earning is always an illusion. It’s leverage and negotiation all the way down. The people who feel like they get paid exactly what they earn are in one of the spots where this broken clock is right