Or what's more, "middle class" has always been a concept in capitalism apologia wherein a social group which represents moderation prevents the establishment of a social consciousness of the true strata: rich and poor.

The statistic that the US "middle class" has shrunk 11% in 50 years is a milder one than saying that income inequality is the highest it's been since 1928.

Wealth inequality is much worse. https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/

Thomas Piketty's book "A Brief History of Equality" made it clear to me that a mobilization of educated, class-conscious voters (or guerillas) is necessary, but is capable of making painless policy decisions which immediately ameliorate suffering.

It’s called the American Dream because you’re got to be asleep to believe it

The older I get, the more I realize how on point Carlin was.

Upper and low class only exist now.