The ultra-wealthy hyperclass has been able to shift our focus away from taxing their wealth and make us point our fingers at each other, instead of look up and see the boot from below.

They were not considered the bottom of the barrel losers. They were considered America’s middle class. Or working class depending on how you wanna say it. With Al being the high school football star who had peaked in high school fucking the cheerleader who ended up getting pregnant and here we are it’s just that story. But that’s not bottom of the barrel loser. That’s just a funny joke on what ends up happening to people that peak in high school. I don’t remember home ever being considered a bottom of the barrel loser. I think it Makes more sense saying he was considered extremely obese when now that’s not considered all that fat. Homer was a small business owner. He had a good job.

This is also a reminder that fictional characters should not be used to gauge metrics of real life.