Middle-class is a function of outlook, not of income, occupation, or status. Future preference, self-discipline, social conformity, infinitely expandable materi

Middle-class is a function of outlook, not of income, occupation, or status. Future preference, self-discipline, social conformity, infinitely expandable material demand, and a general emphasis on externalized impersonal values are the attributes of someone in the middle class (from Carroll Quigley's 'Tragedy and Hope' from which an excerpt on the middle class can be found here: https://pastebin.com/raw/6iFPbQdp https://pastebin.com/raw/6iFPbQdp)