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Does that make a retiree upper class? Plenty of those I consider middle/upper middle class reach the ability to live off interest by age 60
by jakeinspace 4y ago
Does that make a retiree upper class? Plenty of those I consider middle/upper middle class reach the ability to live off interest by age 60
- simonh 4y agoI imagine in this system a retiree is the class they achieved professionally in employment. Generally upper middle class is where family background begins to be a major factor. It generally means coming from a traditionally well off and educated family, with prestigious roles at the pinnacle of a hierarchy (prominent politician, judge, dean of a university, general, etc), public school education, and perhaps ancestral connections to nobility.
- cjbgkagh 4y agoIt's more that in my view not having to work is necessary but possibly not sufficient for being a member of the upper class. I think by that point it depends on which social circles you run with.