• @doctorcrimson@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Makes sense, there is no US middle class anymore. The wealthy can just use a private jet while the poor are put on overbooked flights. Wealth disparity is getting worse and not better.

    • @HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.de
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      556 months ago

      Middle class? First class tickets were never for the middle class. Maybe it’s just that

      • business class it good enough, even for rich people
      • American Airlines’ first class is so bad that the first class passengers just go to other airlines…
      • @chicagohuman@lemm.ee
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        146 months ago

        This. Working class means you need to work to survive. The elite loves to drive wedges into this idea so that there is less solidarity.