I need to quibble with the class designations a bit, which are clearly drawn from 19th century England.
The 0.1 percent are very much comparable to the English aristocracy, who held the real power, most of the real wealth and who could endanger their position really only by high treason.
The 9.9 are the landed gentry, who needed to constantly ensure that their comfortable lifestyle was shored up by good investments, advantageous marriages and good connections to help place the younger sons in respectable professions. Illness or banktruptcy could wipe them out. And yes, they were very much considered middle class.
Still not a compliment to any society to be like 19th century England from a social cohesion standpoint, but it’s when they built a military, industrial and cultural empire...
I wish I could just watch comfortably from the European sidelines how it all will shake out, but sadly, if the US sneezes, the rest of the world will fall really sick, as the saying goes.
Last edited by Tigerle; 05/25/18 04:50 AM.
