I grew up on the lower end of middle class. Govnment cheese grilled cheese sammies is definitely something I loved eating as a kid. This forced us to be industrious. My parents gardening, did their own DIY home improvements, woodworking, hunting, and more. They weren't survivalists because of some doomsday shit, but lived this way because we couldn't afford not to if we wanted to live in a house in a big city suburb in the late 80s & 90s. Over time, my mother took on work utilizing the skills she gained doing the stuff for ourselves and we slowly climbed out of the near poverty life and I was able to have nice things in my teens.

I'm now doing well for myself, solidly middle class in this economy and region. But as things are shifting like crazy around us, I just decided to turn my yard into a garden so I can at least feed myself fresh food if shit becomes unavailable or unsafe to eat. If I have to start hunting again, I will.

I'm not panicking, I'm just going to control what I can, and will do my best to have a good life, and will fight for everybody else to have a chance at a good life too.

The opposite of Nouveau Riche: Nouveau Pauvre. They lack the culture of people who were born into poverty.

Hey, I still regularly troll driveways for stuff they are tossing on trash days.

When people said we needed to focus on. A class war, they weren't trying to tell the middle, lower middle, and lower class to fight each other. Yet here we are

Using IASIP for this meme is pretty silly, considering everyone on that show (except for maybe Mac) has a seemingly unlimited amount of money via Frank.

Full blown shanty town

if they got 5$ coffee for one cup instead of brewing their own, they are not truely poor lol

"ah man I cant afford anything besides the takeout everyday"

How is the economy what anyone is freaking out about?

..he said, drinking his Starbucks coffee

Reminds me of this The Onion sketch https://youtu.be/05RZJxDIhTU

A relevant discussion on the topic: https://youtube.com/watch?v=05RZJxDIhTU