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THE CLASSLESS SOCIETY
In the year 2000, there were 3 different surveys asking Americans
if they were middle class or not.
In the first, 91% said yes; the second, 93%; the third, 97%.
This means that Americans dont understand the word "class". Of
the working population, 96% are employed. Fictional unemployment
(students, people job-hunting, housewives, etc.) is between 2
and 3%. The crime rate has gone down for the last 11 years, simply
because people dont have time to commit crimes? Even with foreign
emigration flooding in (the U.S. accepts 90% of the worlds official
emigration), there arent enough people to fill the jobs available.
Every day, TV is filled with long lists of jobs. Truly, the U.S.
has become exactly what Marx envisioned: a classless society.
Even 80% of the unemployed say they are middle class! |
Surveys |
encuestas |
Trutly |
de verdad / en realidad |
To mean |
significar |
To envision |
preveer |
job-hunting |
busca-trabajos |
Even |
incluso |
crime rate |
Tanto por ciento de crimenes |
Enough |
suficiente |
To flood in |
entrar a lo bestia |
Available |
disponible |