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Fortune
Jason Ma

The rise of white-collar socialists: 'A lot of tech workers are working class'

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How Americans define who is working class may have more to do with economic anxiety than income or education levels.

A recently surfaced survey of Democratic Socialists of America members showed that 13% were white-collar workers, down from 21% in 2017 but up from just 3% in 2013. In addition, 9% worked in the tech sector in 2021, though comparable figures weren’t available for prior years.

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