Post #635731
2026-03-13 20:57 UTC
a surgeon earning $400k with few investments living paycheck-to-paycheck (very possible if they have a sick parent with high healthcare costs or high childcare prices) has more in common with a food service worker than with Jeff Bezos, but the system is designed to make both workers forget that.
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@clarity@xoxo.zone 2026-03-13 21:59
And noteworthily: a NYT opinions journalist who earns a $120k salary and another $200k on their investments and tenant rent absolutely _is_ part of the capitalist class and rich, even though their income is lower than the hypothetical surgeon's!
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@apophis@yourwalls.today 2026-03-13 21:17
@clarity@xoxo.zone immediately beneath this on my feed: https://transfeminine.art/objects/64e24f7b-f1f3-495c-ab44-5679df736836
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@adritheonly@mastodon.social 2026-03-14 08:11
@clarity@xoxo.zone Yes, quite, the whole reason for the innocent, yet in-your-face phrase "a gentleman of leisure".