Yes, we have unprecedented class mobility, but this country is riddled with classes, and they are no less class because they are not necessarily hereditary. Neither are they always about money. We have cultural, ethnic, educational classes that cut across income lines.
Just in the economic sense:
There are those who can't work.
Those who won't work.
Those who work for others.
Those who work for themselves.
Those who have others work for them.
Those who don't need to work at all.
And each of these has a different way they'd like to see things organized.
If you're still not convinced, listen to how the political pundits target votes: "Young male Hispanic unmarried urban professional whites...". They target groups like this because they do have relatively homogeneous behavior.
Read Paul Fussel's book "Class" for a humorous and satiric, but still very perceptive ,look at the American class system.
Flame » in reply to Orwell was British.
You're in the class that believes there is no class.
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- Conservatives as fictional villains
- Examples? Sure
- Er, you do get the meaing of the word"fictional" don't you?
- Actually, that's a very perceptive analysis.
- This can all actually be worked out objectively.
- re: Examples? Sure
- You might have it backwards
- It's not the fictional villains I worry about. (n/t)
- Examples? Sure