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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
(www.theguardian.com)
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Sounds like you need to look at their lifestyles and whether sick and dying are turned away due to no money or insurance.
Bitch, I'm in Europe, sick people aren't turned away and dying most definitely not.
Also, lifestyle define petite bourgeois not. The actual definition does. Which goes:
The term also often stated to be of the lower middle class - however keep in mind that this class definition is the traditional British/European class separation, NOT the American style!
The European style middle class covers those who are not of higher nobility (royal family, dukedoms, etc.), are not directly required to work FOR someone else (albeit certain upper middle class members often take governmental positions that can be considered employment), and in Marx' eyes, those who own the means of production without contributing directly to the production itself, beyond ownership.
The lower echelons of the middle class therefore are those who own small scale businesses, shops, merchants.
Now I don't know what kind of doctors you're looking at, but even the ones with private practices do not belong in the (European style) middle class.
This is in stark contrast with the US style class division where the nobility (upper class) was erased and replaced with the upper half of the middle class, the lower parts of the petite bourgeois becoming the bottom of said upper class, while middle class got redefined as those whose wealth doesn't exactly reach the "millionaire" label (though with the devaluation of the US dollar this limit is shifting upwards nowadays), but also isn't exactly "poor" (so it's above ~$100k).
However even this middle class, in the European style class division, would still be lower class - aka workers. Middle class begins when you make a living without actually working. Let that be through investments, inheritance, generational wealth, fake and non-directing (and sometimes even directing) executive positions, or something as simple as owning a small business with people in your employ.
Again, an overwhelming majority of doctors, lawyers, etc., even with a private practice, will be directly working, so they're not exactly middle class, therefore aren't petit bourgeoisie.
You lost me at your first word which was a slur.
Yeah, okay, I'm not going to bother with the opinion of an intentionally ignorant imbecile who thinks asking ChatGPT for opinions is something to write about.
Ah, another slur, and ableist to boot! Good job!
I don't use any AI, and if I did, it certainly wouldn't be developed by the broligharchy.
Why are you lying?
Also, just because you dislike a word, it doesn't make that a slur.
Can you read? That was a news article.
Secondly, "bitch" is a misogynistic slur to refer to women.
Thirdly, "imbecile" is an an ableist slur.
Check your privilege.
Edit: impressive you dug through a month's worth of comments to protect that privilege. 🤣
A month's worth of comments? It's literally on your front page. No need to dig when the shit literally floats on top.
What's truly impressive is that you've been proven wrong multiple times, and instead of accepting that, you ran to moderators because your feefees were hurt. As such, I have no interest in any further pointless discussion with willfully ignorant idiots. Goodbye.
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That isn't the doctor who does that. It's the insurance companies.
Sadly, private practices also do that. I have neighbors who are "noncompliant" because they can sometimes scrape together enough for either a single visit, or meds, usually not both.
We often have to pass around donation envelope to help a neighbor afford a visit and/or prescription, and if more than one is sick at a time, those donations aren't enough and have to be split.
Private practices have a lot of money to pay for insurance: medical-malpractice insurance, insurance related to the building (fire, storm, robbery, etc.), insurance related to employment, and so on.