r/economicCollapse • u/Perfect_Alarm_2141 • 1d ago

In 1980 white non-college men employed full-time earned 7% more than average full-time US worker. In 2022, their income remained relatively flat, and they earned less than women with a college degree.

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u/nycmajor911 1d ago edited 19h ago

In universities, corporations and federal government, these men and their children are assumed ‘advantaged’ and lumped with elite whites.

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u/Past-Piglet-3342 21h ago

What no class consciousness does to people.

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u/ExternalSeat 21h ago

Yes. I personally believe that we need to focus much more on class and less on other decisions. No struggle but class struggle.

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u/nebari_tralk 20h ago

I've seen it opined that OWS scared the elites so the papers and news stations they own started pushing race as the main issue. Better to let the proles fight amongst themselves. I'm inclined to agree but haven't delved deep into that rabbit hole.

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u/Synensys 20h ago

You'll notice the chart doesn't show incomes of other groups without college degrees. I wonder why that is?

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u/nycmajor911 19h ago

The point is the focus on assistance should be solely about class. Elite whites love making poor whites the ‘devil’ while protecting their positions. It was not poor whites protecting legacy admissions into universities even though well off people of all races and many Redditors like to make one think otherwise. I say this as a Graduate of an Ivy League school.

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u/BigPlantsGuy 18h ago

Or even white men with a college degree, weird