Not at all useful, as income, wealth, and resources are three very different
things.
Frank
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[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Loran Bailey
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 9:47 PM
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: what is the working class?
Okay, it means that. Low income means that one does not acquire much money in
relation to that which is acquired by others. But I really don't see how that
is very useful.
On 8/26/2016 9:27 PM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
That's because when I do that, I'm consciously omitting definitions
and all of the complications that are involved in those definitions.
Low income means just that. It says nothing about the kind of work an
individual does, his education, or anything else. But it tells you
that in a society like our's, where more and more functions are being
privatized, that person will have a really hard time.
Miriam
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Bailey (Redacted sender "rogerbailey81" for DMARC)
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 9:01 PM
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: what is the working class?
I don't see how it is of much use at all to describe people in terms
of upper, middle and lower income. That says nothing about their role
in the economy or their place in the dynamics of society. It would be
similar to attending medical school and only learning that the human
body consists of two parts, meat and bones.
On 8/26/2016 10:13 AM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
I find it most useful in 2016 America, when trying to describe peopleword.
in economic terms, to talk about low income, middle income, etc.
Class, seems to me, to be a word that encompasses much more than
income and can be misleading. But, unfortunately, the phrase will
not disappear from this list because it is tied to an intellectual
framework to which people are loyal. It's like asking people to stop
referring to God, because they mean such different things by the same
Miriam
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Dampman Humel
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 8:26 AM
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Subject: [blind-democracy] what is the working class?
the subject line says it.as I read all these messages about the
working class, I begin to suspect everyone has his/her own definition
of it, and that, of course determines all the rest.
And, it also often seems that the definitions shift and drift
depending on the particular point being made at any given time.
Thoughts?
