▲ 604 ▼ More than half of US families are one paycheck away from homelessness. (lemmy.ml) submitted 10 months ago by dessalines@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 222 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 22 points 10 months ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Pherenike@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago I was just trying to offer a quick explanation/summary of the concepts or the main distinguishing external features of each class, because I see a lot of confusion and wrong self-perception. I see a lot of people saying they're "mid to upper class" because they can afford a nice home and two cars. Just looking at how much money they have, not how do they have it or whether they can maintain that without working. Obviously to understand class and social stratification you have to read more. I am aware that the upper class are there because of the work of the lower classes and the surplus etc. I'm not obscuring anything, just offering some definitions. Sorry if it didn't come out that way. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Aljernon@lemmy.today -1 points 9 months ago (1 child) Class traditionally It only refers to how we engage with societal production in a handful of belief systems such as Marxism. These are different from how Anthropologists view class which is different from how sociologists view class and all of the above are different from how many older societies viewed class. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Aljernon@lemmy.today -3 points 9 months ago Marx overly focused on one criteria to describe class. It's ok to accept ownership/working classes as a useful tool for understanding the world but other systems also offer useful lessons for understanding the world in different ways and contexts. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] Pherenike@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago I was just trying to offer a quick explanation/summary of the concepts or the main distinguishing external features of each class, because I see a lot of confusion and wrong self-perception. I see a lot of people saying they're "mid to upper class" because they can afford a nice home and two cars. Just looking at how much money they have, not how do they have it or whether they can maintain that without working. Obviously to understand class and social stratification you have to read more. I am aware that the upper class are there because of the work of the lower classes and the surplus etc. I'm not obscuring anything, just offering some definitions. Sorry if it didn't come out that way. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aljernon@lemmy.today -1 points 9 months ago (1 child) Class traditionally It only refers to how we engage with societal production in a handful of belief systems such as Marxism. These are different from how Anthropologists view class which is different from how sociologists view class and all of the above are different from how many older societies viewed class. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Aljernon@lemmy.today -3 points 9 months ago Marx overly focused on one criteria to describe class. It's ok to accept ownership/working classes as a useful tool for understanding the world but other systems also offer useful lessons for understanding the world in different ways and contexts. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Aljernon@lemmy.today -3 points 9 months ago Marx overly focused on one criteria to describe class. It's ok to accept ownership/working classes as a useful tool for understanding the world but other systems also offer useful lessons for understanding the world in different ways and contexts. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aljernon@lemmy.today -3 points 9 months ago Marx overly focused on one criteria to describe class. It's ok to accept ownership/working classes as a useful tool for understanding the world but other systems also offer useful lessons for understanding the world in different ways and contexts. permalink fedilink source parent