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0 pointsadam-a12y ago0 comments

From the perspective of a working class person, a middle class person could be considered rich.

I was going to make a point that the middle class, being in the middle of the income-population pyramid, are more wealthy than the average. Interestingly, in the UK at least, 71% are middle class, which spoils that [0].

[0] - http://britainthinks.com/sites/default/files/reports/Speakin...

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tunesmith12y ago· 1 in thread

It used to be that the working class was the middle class.

walshemj12y ago

Er no it wasn't/i'snt I know Tony Blair said "we are all middle class now" :-)

Class is a complex issue I am sure the miners who earn £80k plus pa consider themselves working class.

Also Americans (I am making an assumption here) often like to think that the US is a classless society but you are fooling your self if you think that the case.

walshemj12y ago

I was thinking of the A's in the NRS classification

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