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> uneducated middle class The very idea that the middle class might be uneducated is... odd.
by talideon 10y ago
> uneducated middle class
The very idea that the middle class might be uneducated is... odd.
- Moshe_Silnorin 10y agoFactory workers in the 1960s were not college graduates and often not highschool graduates. I've edited this to be more clear.
- a_humean 10y agoIt is very much an American phenomenon calling factory workers Middle Class. Elsewhere in the world the middle class refers to members of the professions - doctors, lawyers, academics, politicians, senior civil servants, successful managers of medium and large businesses. To be middle class refers to working people of usually very high non-manual skill, high cultural and societal status, and usually university educated. The middle class might not own the country, but they certainly run it. A factory worker in say France, UK or Germany is member of the working class, and in terms of their skill, status, and economic and political power aren't really distinguishable from a US factory worker.
- talideon 10y agoFactory workers would be working class. The middle class are people like shopkeepers, doctors, accountants, teachers, large farmers, and so on.
- sn9 10y agoYou can have blue-collar workers without college educations that make close to or more than $100k. It's a useful distinction in the context of this discussion.