What is your class status?

[Fragony]

I am intrigued by the apparently common acceptance that class is inextricably linked to income (not even to capital). It must be the influence of the meritocratic aspiration of the United States, as is the idea that class is flexible - in that a single person, let alone a single generation, may easily transfer between classes.

Fascinating. I might submit for discussion that a gentleman is not measured by his wallet.

Got a point there. My sister's husband is dirt-poor but he comes from a very wealthy family. He considers himself to be upper class, the arrogant little prick.