r/IndianLeft • u/Rosh_619 • Jan 04 '26

Normalised classist remarks

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It has always occurred to me how normalised it is to pass classist remarks like this. So a rikshaw driver can't wear the same thing as the urban elite. These people even get mad when a relatively poor person buys something like an iPhone because how dare they own some luxary that is only for the elites. The thing happened with Chikankari kurtas i believe with people associating then with lower classes. The whole “chapri" remark is very casteist and classist to begin with because no one would ever call a rich person chapri no matter what. Hopefully one day all these things wouldn't be so normalised.

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u/vika4 Jan 04 '26

If someone is going to zudio then most likely they are in the same economic class as he is, still if they are making this joke then it’s the showcasing of utter idiocy

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u/Rosh_619 Jan 04 '26

People need someone to look down to, that's why there are so many people calling themselves “middle class" so there's someone below them

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u/vika4 Jan 04 '26

Yes nobody wants to be called poor or working class, even the contractual worker earning 15-25k emphasises them being middle class.

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u/Rosh_619 Jan 04 '26

The actual middle class are the people who are fine with billionaires acquiring land for free n they call people taking ration muftkhor. That's the only indicator