The stratified model of classes, however, is absurd. I work as a developer, with some developers under me, with some stock in the company I work at. Am I labor,

The stratified model of classes, however, is absurd. I work as a developer, with some developers under me, with some stock in the company I work at. Am I labor, managerial, or capital class? If you have to ask then you are, like me, middle class. The working class and the upper class know quite clearly what class they are in and what class others are. In Marxist terminology you would be one of the petit-bourgeoisie, so you do actually fit into his model. I would recommend reading some Marx, don't worry, you won't turn Communist, just to understand a) where some of these ideas originally come from and b) how what passes for Marxism these days differs and how few self-proclaimed Marxists have ever read it themselves