Working-class American men are getting lonelier and sicker and their lives are shortening. It’s not just a sad state of affairs. It’s a full-blown crisis that demands policy solutions.
  • RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee
    763·
    19 hours ago

    You’re all working class!!! If you rely on your work for your living, you’re working class. I get what they mean, but don’t forget that.

    • HyperlinkYourHeart@lemmy.ml
      15·
      17 hours ago

      The article addresses the fact that it’s a bad definition, but since it is discussing a study they have to work with the definition the study used.

    • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
      19·
      18 hours ago

      interesting how we are all separated by the color of the collar around our necks.

      • metaStatic@kbin.earth
        2·
        14 hours ago

        if you’re only 2 pay cheques away from homelessness in the c suite I can perform some very cost effective consultancy work for you.

        • BigPotato@lemmy.world
          5·
          13 hours ago

          I’m totally working class but I’ve got a year of float saved up or… Like fifteen days of cancer, so hoping those cells reproduce correctly!

          • Damage@feddit.it
            1·
            7 hours ago

            After all there’s more than one way to increase your maximum unemployment time… you make more, lower your living expenses, turn to highway robbery…