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Defining wealth in Germany, where even millionaires claim to be middle class ... Sociologist Wolfgang Lauterbach says: “All in all, the German upper classes are
by draugadrotten 7y ago
Defining wealth in Germany, where even millionaires claim to be middle class
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Sociologist Wolfgang Lauterbach says: “All in all, the German upper classes are characterized by relatively old money.”
https://www.handelsblatt.com/today/finance/who-is-rich-defining-wealth-in-germany-where-even-millionaires-claim-to-be-middle-class-/23710684.html?ticket=ST-7879695-sd5LjvyvwIAhZl1XiWXc-ap2 https://www.handelsblatt.com/today/finance/who-is-rich-defin...
- arethuza 7y agoThat's the "traditional" class view here in the UK where pretty much everyone is middle class these days (real aristocratic members of the upper class being rather rare and hardly anyone claims to be working class) - even Eton educated David Cameron claimed to be middle class: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25744526 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25744526