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Yes, it's a high income globally. "Class" in the European sense is not an income based thing. It falls apart a bit at the extremes (what is Jeff Bezos?) but it
by esotericn 7y ago
Yes, it's a high income globally.
"Class" in the European sense is not an income based thing. It falls apart a bit at the extremes (what is Jeff Bezos?) but it'd be incorrect to categorise e.g. a CEO as being upper-class despite them being in the 99th percentile by income in their country.
The term really describes nobility, inheritance, large land ownership. Existing in a different 'class'.
- rexgallorum2 7y agoFor the German bourgeoisie, it's education and cultivation. (Education and profession are probably more important class markers than actual income or wealth.) The genuine upper class may or may not care about either because their status is drawn from other things.