I don’t know who needs to hear this, but “working class” does not mean “people who work.” It is possible to be out of the workforce permanently because of a disability and still be working class.
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To me, "working class" defined people who have to work if they want income and comfort, as opposed to the non-working class (the rich, nobles, oppressors etc) who get their stuff by exploiting other people's work and not their own
(Very much agreeing with the original point btw)
There are middle class disabled people and rich 1% disabled people too. Class is a stratum of society sharing common grievances and a unified perspective — Classes have their own interests and fundamental beliefs about society.
Money and type of work obviously shape what class is, but there is more to it than that. Small children can be working class, middle class or wealthy and none of them normally have professions or their own money.
I would disagree with this working class is not determined by income rather how you receive your income. If you're getting a paycheck from a person who owns capital you are working class regardless if it is white color or blue color.
That is certainly A Thing Some Socialists And Communists Will Disagree About. My point is that “working class leaves out disabled people” is silly and inaccurate.
Don't get me wrong I agree with your overall assessment. Socialists and Communists are in agreement about what constitutes the working class and the capitalist class or the bourgeoisie. Petite bourgeoisie being the small business owners. Different tactics, but same class theory.
"Working class" has literally always meant anyone whose only potential source of income is their own labor. If you own Capital, you aren't working class. If you don't own Capital, you are.
To be even more specific working class would include children, disabled either short-term or long-term, and the elderly. It is not your income so much as how you receive your income do you get a check from an owner by selling your labor...congratulations you're working class.
The only other way I could see it would be disabled people being a class that is can't sell their labor to a capitlist and is therefore more oppressed.
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(Very much agreeing with the original point btw)