The class thread

[doc_bean]

doc, your description of society makes me very depressed.

What's so depressing about it ?

Anything above the lowest class is not a bad place to be, lower class can have it better than middle class, or even upper class.
It's not like the lines between the classes are clearly drawn, or have any real social relevance (people don't get certain rights based on class), it's a pretty abstract way of ordening people in very broad groups based on 'social status'.

You forgot the Impure and Untouchable caste and The Undesirables, which are common classes in many societies throughout history.

Edit: this wasn't directed against you as flaming, just pointed out how the class system sometimes reaches extreme points. By the way there's also the Godking class in the other extreme direction.

I was talking about modern western society mostly. To be complete slavery and such should have been included too. But I even skipped on celebrities and such since their position is too vague imo.

In the 5 class system the upper middle was doctors / lawyers, accountants - the professionals basically. Middle middle was teachers, nurses and lower middle was the lower managers.

Why would nurses and teachers be put 'above' managers ? That makes no sense to me...

Dear Mr Blair once tried to shoe-horn football players into upper middle. Yes, they are richer than I will ever be, but most are true to their roots in lower middle or lower class. Their children have a chance to rise to middle or upper middle, on the back of the money their parents have.

Er, why are politicians trying to fit people into classes ? I use the class system as an abstract entity, with being part of a certain class having no real impact on your life (rather, the way you live your life determines your class).