In @Barry-Sanchez’s ultimate killjoy Glastonbury wet dream, the news from this poster is that I am Established Middle Class. Yes, Barry. All the things I rail against. I was quite surprised. I think listening to classical music tipped me over the line.
In a no doubt futile attempt to swing the pendulum the other way, I shall rely on urban stylings for my last sentences.
I came up as technical middle class.
Think a few would say I am from a established middle class family.
I put either teacher or office manager - neither of which really covers what I do.
They’re lowering the standard to be middle class so to make people feel better about themselves and vote tory and liberal etc etc, fuck them and that, don’t believe me? Look at what the middle class were 100 years ago, its become diluted. The class system I’ll add is in every nation, others are fascinated by ours as they don’t want to look at or acknowledge theirs.
Does a member of your household need to work in order to maintain your household?
Yes.
No, because we’re loaded.
No, because we’re retired.
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If you answered “yes”, you’re working class. If you answered “No, because we’re loaded”, you’re part of the practical elite. If you answered “no, because we’re retired”, fucking fair play to you for getting a decent pension before the drawbridge came up.
For those of us who are of pensionable age there is only one test to establish if you are true working class. Did you have an outside toilet when you were growing up?
I had a ‘Jerry’ pot under the bed, which i had to share with my brother. We had a pact though, neither of us would take a dump in it, on pain of wearing the contents if we did!
Accuse me of over-simplifying if you must, but as a relatively recent student of ancient history, I can’t help thinking that things have always been the same. It’s optimares vs populares.
The brilliant, unending trick of the optimares has been to make certain sections of the populares think they are not actually populares.
Whether you call it the equestrian class, the merchant class or the middle class, the trick has always been the same.