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BobTheGC t1_iydktsk wrote

Reply to comment by Goat_Wizard_Doom_666 in The Decline of British Blue Collar Stories On Screen: 25 years since NIL BY MOUTH first hit screens, Gary Oldman’s film has become a relic of a time when working-class stories were major cinematic events. What happened? by Bullingdon1973

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Not the most earnest story of class struggle but one nonetheless.

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ThatJoeyFella t1_iyeoewy wrote

Ever since the recession hit, waves of new people are suddenly broke. These people have no idea how to live without money. They're what's called "new poor". We're "old poor".

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Alive_Ice7937 t1_iyeqi35 wrote

"This pool is the bootstraps that's going to lift us up into the middle class!"

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