• pachrist@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Claire’s is a company that is entirely dependent on a strong middle class.

    When people are struggling, the very first budget item that gets cut in every family are overpriced rhinestones and lip gloss.

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        If anything, the idea of a “middle class” benefits oligarchs as a buffer between them and everyone else who has to work for a living.