pretty much anybody

[diamondcutter]

"I mean, a razor pretty much anybody can afford," he says.

Source: https://ludwig.guru/s/pretty+much+anybody

I’d like to know whether “pretty much” here acts as an intensifier and could be omitted.

 

[Tarheel]

No, the sentence would have a different meaning then.

A razor is something pretty much anybody can afford - Almost anybody can afford one.

A razor is something anybody can afford - Anybody can afford one.