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minus-squareAnotherUsername@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 days agoEXCELLENT POINT. “Class status” is not anything objectively measurable. Wealth is. I aspire to be independent. To be free to do art and sell it without worrying about food or housing.
minus-squareFunkyStuff@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoClass is objectively measurable. There are people who subsist off of sale of their labor, and there are people who subsist off of earning profits out of the capital that they own.
EXCELLENT POINT. “Class status” is not anything objectively measurable. Wealth is.
I aspire to be independent. To be free to do art and sell it without worrying about food or housing.
Class is objectively measurable. There are people who subsist off of sale of their labor, and there are people who subsist off of earning profits out of the capital that they own.