If your point is just that “some expensive things aren’t just status symbols, and worth the price even to the merely middle class,” fine, I agree with that in general, though perhaps not in the specifics.
This is how I read the argument: Hiring a house cleaner is actually a reasonable thing for a middle-class American to do. Note that “middle class American” is still objectively ridiculously rich.
I do think there’s something weird about treating $25k+ cars and hundreds of dollars per month on restaurants and alcohol normal, but drawing the line at $100 per month for house cleaning.
This is how I read the argument: Hiring a house cleaner is actually a reasonable thing for a middle-class American to do. Note that “middle class American” is still objectively ridiculously rich.
I do think there’s something weird about treating $25k+ cars and hundreds of dollars per month on restaurants and alcohol normal, but drawing the line at $100 per month for house cleaning.