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   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Nov 28, 2025 at 1:49:14 PM MST, "Collectivists_Always_Fail" wrote   
   :   
      
   > On 28 Nov 2025 19:41:05 GMT, Brock McNuggets   
   >  wrote:   
   ...   
   >>>   
   >>> In other words, Dummy, it's shrinking partly because many are moving   
   >>> up....   
   >>>   
   >>> Too bad that you missed that train.   
   >>   
   >> Oh, I see -- so if you squint really hard at the top 19%, you can call the   
   >> middle class "shrinking" a sign of progress. Brilliant logic, LOL!   
   Meanwhile,   
   >> the rest of us are still stuck in that 81% that didn't quite make the   
   magical   
   >> "upper income" leap. Congrats to the lucky few --everyone else, keep missing   
   >> that train.   
   >   
   > According to that Pew poll, 70% of USAians are like me, either upper   
   > or middle income. Like I said before, I have no concerns. Life is good   
   > in my neighborhood.   
      
   That is very standard conservative thinking -- I and people who I identify   
   with are OK, so who cares about the rest. Liberals tend to want equal rights   
   for everyone, where conservatives promote special entitlements for themselves.   
      
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