• doctorcrimson@lemmy.world
    688·
    5 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
      572·
      5 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…
    • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
      191·
      5 months ago

      Many who don’t think of themselves as working class wouldn’t last very long at all without their salary.

      • chicagohuman@lemm.ee
        14·
        5 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.