I don't think that's a fair assessment; it's completely absurd to categorize people simply into two categories (and I'd even argue that 3 is probably not enough

I don't think that's a fair assessment; it's completely absurd to categorize people simply into two categories (and I'd even argue that 3 is probably not enough but that's far too long-winded for a HN comment). A family with an income of $200,000 per year is certainly more well-off than a family with an income of $50,000 per year; but there's absolutely no parallel to a family with income of $5,000,000 per year. I'd contend that the family with the $200k income has far more in common with the $50k income than the $5m family. And then we look at the $5m per year family and the $500m per year family. There's still no comparison. I don't think this is a case of Adams trying to push himself into the "middle class," I think what he's getting at is that the "middle class" is really a myth.