Whenever I've discussed class with my friends, it's always the case that the people who were born upper-middle class, and have stayed there, are completely obli

Whenever I've discussed class with my friends, it's always the case that the people who were born upper-middle class, and have stayed there, are completely oblivious to notions of class. They don't see the class society, and they often don't even know which class they belong to themselves. Whereas the friends that are working class or lower-middle class, or have made a class journey, they know perfectly well which class they belong to, and they acknowledge the class society. Likewise, members of the upper class are also aware of the class society and their place in it. It's just the upper-middle that are clueless, because the values that are characteristic for them, the optimism and the trust, is what causes them to be blind to it. And since Marc Andreesen belongs to that class, he might suffer from the same blindness. (I skimmed the original article, and it was very light on context as to why he said that...) (As a sidenote, I'm talking about social class from a European perspective, which is different from the US perspective in that here, your values and network are more important factors for your class than your income bracket.)