On Apr 15, 10:38*am, George M. Middius > wrote:
> George wrote:
> > >> Those price range products are aimed at people who are into bragging
> > >> rights. Same as the>$10,000 viking stoves that likely have never been
> > >> turned on.
>
> > > Wrong. Drag your class envy into the light and accept it for what it
> > > is.
> > Really? You are the definitive expert on human nature to be able to make
> > that statement?
>
> Don't have to be. I only diagnosed your empty prattle as what it
> sounded like.
>
> High-end appliances are purchased for several reasons. You can't
> afford them, so you don't have a choice to make, so you mindlessly
> claimed other people choose them for a reason that assuages your open
> wound of unfulfilled entitlement.
>
> Shelley can explain this to you in troglodyte terms if you ask him.

My problem with those "high end appliances" is that they are only
marginally better than some of the cheaper ones. The difference
between a Mr. Coffee and a percolator is huge, but the difference
between a Mr. Coffee and a fancy coffee machine is much less.

"Class envy" is a bullshit term. Income level envy is a legitimate
one.

How about this distinction?
If the overwhelming majority of your taxable income is taxed as
earnings, you are *working class*.
If the overwhelming majority of your taxable income is taxed as
dividends and capital gains, you are *ownership class*.

If you are a small business owner who works his or her own ass off,
while employing others for salary/wages, your can properly be called
"middle class," since you have one foot in each camp.

Using the word, "class" as a synonym for income level is complete
bullshit. "Class" has a meaning, but the McCarthyist/Ayn Randist/John
Birchers have convinced way too many working class folks that class is
synonymous with income level because it is in the economic interest of
those who merely own to divide workers of different incomes, setting
them against each other.

The ownership class has been making war upon working people for many
years, but they only call it "class warfare" when we fight back.
Don't be a chump.

--Bryan