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[–] 35 points 9 months ago* (3 children)

So I learned it this way:

Upper Class - can live a luxurious life without working at all, and even have domestic employees etc.

Middle Class - can live comfortably but only if they work

Lower class - cannot live comfortably even if they work, and can very easily end up homeless (no social safety net)

The dude who taught me this was my Sociology of Work teacher over twenty years ago.

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  • [+] 22 points 9 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    I was just trying to offer a quick explanation/summary of the concepts or the main distinguishing external features of each class, because I see a lot of confusion and wrong self-perception. I see a lot of people saying they're "mid to upper class" because they can afford a nice home and two cars. Just looking at how much money they have, not how do they have it or whether they can maintain that without working. Obviously to understand class and social stratification you have to read more. I am aware that the upper class are there because of the work of the lower classes and the surplus etc. I'm not obscuring anything, just offering some definitions. Sorry if it didn't come out that way.

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  • [–] -1 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Class traditionally

    It only refers to how we engage with societal production in a handful of belief systems such as Marxism. These are different from how Anthropologists view class which is different from how sociologists view class and all of the above are different from how many older societies viewed class.

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