"Working class is an outdated term (IMVHO). The people of the social class that used to be termed ‘working class’ (say, pre-Thatcher > Blair) no longer have the job and social security that term denoted. The social contract for those people has been eroded away. On zero-hours contracts or in precarious (often ‘essential worker’) jobs, those people are more ‘working poor’ or ‘underclass’ now depending on exactly how much money they have in their pocket from month to month.
Edit - deleted some stuff about home ownership and voting that was too convoluted.
The term “working class” means someone whose income is based entirely on selling their labour. It’s nothing to do with job security or social security and never has been. The term is not outdated, it is as relevant as ever.
In this thread you have been inaccurate and argumentative. It is obstructive, unhelpful, boring. Take your anger out on somebody other than me, I am not playing.
"Working class is an outdated term (IMVHO). The people of the social class that used to be termed ‘working class’ (say, pre-Thatcher > Blair) no longer have the job and social security that term denoted. The social contract for those people has been eroded away. On zero-hours contracts or in precarious (often ‘essential worker’) jobs, those people are more ‘working poor’ or ‘underclass’ now depending on exactly how much money they have in their pocket from month to month.
Edit - deleted some stuff about home ownership and voting that was too convoluted.
The term “working class” means someone whose income is based entirely on selling their labour. It’s nothing to do with job security or social security and never has been. The term is not outdated, it is as relevant as ever.
Language evolves.
In this thread you have been inaccurate and argumentative. It is obstructive, unhelpful, boring. Take your anger out on somebody other than me, I am not playing.