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I disagree. Using a probably hyperbolic metaphor: I don't want to be a slave but neither do I wish to be anybody else's master.
by runamok 12y ago
I disagree. Using a probably hyperbolic metaphor: I don't want to be a slave but neither do I wish to be anybody else's master.
- 1123581321 12y agoThat is (or was) the definition of the middle or burgher class, though. The middle class is independent enough to be a check on the power of the upper class since they can't be bought, but not so wealthy or powerful that they control others. I think the analogy fits well.