The middle classes maintain themselves to an ever increasing extent directly out of revenue, they are a burden weighing heavily on the working base and increase

The middle classes maintain themselves to an ever increasing extent directly out of revenue, they are a burden weighing heavily on the working base and increase the social security and power of the upper ten thousand. https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1863/theories-surplus-value/ch18.htm https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1863/theories-su...