Is "working class" a fairly meaningless term?

[pbrower2a]

I mean what exactly does it mean? It's obviously not income related, you'll hear of unionized auto or other industry workers or people who work in oil extraction who make at least $50k/year if their jobs are still around described as "working class" but you'll never hear it for urban youngs who likely work service industry or low level office jobs and barely make over $30k if even that.

The new term for low-paid workers, whatever the collar, is "working poor" -- which includes checker-cashiers at stores, fast-food workers, low-level office clerks, cleaners, and domestic servants. Such people are easily atomized. They often are involved in no formal organizations, and they have no political allies.

[Person Man]

You guys are brilliantly defining the whole of society into three or four narrow categories. This is a vast improvement over the two normally assigned categories made on here. Great work!

Here is my best estimate of class in America:

Working class: Those who aren't me, once or always were my family, and/or aren't anymore or soon enough won't be you, because I'm running for office or reelection.

Middle class: What you'll be if you aren't, and what you will continue to be if you already are, unless you aren't because you're:

Upper class: I'm sorry, I can't hear you. I'm in my jet receiving fellatio from an extinct bird while I drink oil in a bath filled with ambergris. Please try and keep it down out there.

This.