Yeah, basics developed worse than luxuries over the last years and decades.

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America's middle class is collapsing (because they get richer not poorer)

I'm not sure if that will be the case. I found this study that shows stagnation or decline in income compared to the costs of healthcare, education, and housing. Won't the upper class just get higher?

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/04/20/how-the-american-middle-class-has-changed-in-the-past-five-decades/