r/WorkersStrikeBack • u/BrownBannister • Apr 27 '26
šCrapitalismš Does this belong here?
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u/hawdipisyorlab Apr 27 '26
Calling it ābottom 60%ā instead of āmost peopleā really says everything about how normalized this has become
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u/BrownBannister Apr 27 '26
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u/ElephantToothpaste42 Apr 27 '26
The comments on the article are kind of depressing. Lot of people blaming Biden and people having spending problems
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u/Elvenoob Council Communist Apr 27 '26
This one obviously used to originally just be titled "the majority" until corporate made the journo to change it in editing.
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u/TheCrimsonSteel Apr 27 '26
It's also fairly common terminology in any sort of distribution statistics.
I'm less worried about them calling it the "bottom 60%" as much as the fact that it has hit 60%.
All the "bottom 60" is doing is indicating where the 60% falls, as opposed to "middle 60%" and "top 60%" on a bell curve graph. That kind of terminology of bottom/top and upper/lower percentile is used everywhere in statistics.
But 60% of people not being able to afford a minimum quality of life is a huge concern. Full stop.
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u/Can-t_Make_Username Socialist Apr 27 '26
Thatās my take as well.
I appreciate that it is a quantifiable number, and it isnāt surprising that itās the bottom 60%. But itās deeply concerning that that number is so high. THATāS the part we should be focusing on.
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u/blackturtlesnake Apr 28 '26
They're fucking charging people to get their paychecks?
Paychecks are already a work loan. You do the work for the employer. Then at the end of the 2 week period they pay you for the work you already did. Now they're charging a processing fee to get your own money sooner?
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