(May 7, 2010 at 12:02 pm)Tiberius Wrote: My mother and father both have jobs. I'm afraid I don't agree with your definition of working class though; you seek to put nearly everyone in that category. You do realise that all those investment bankers you hate who earn millions per year are all "working" for someone right? So they are all working class?
Bullshit. Working class is quite possibly one of the most well defined concepts out there. Lower-tier jobs, classified by low-wages, low skill-sets, etc. It usually involves more physical labour (i.e. farmhand, factory worker) as opposed to the more "middle class" kind of office work.
I don't expect you to agree with me.
The bankers you talk about depend on their employer for their living. They do a job . Take that job away and their livelihood is gone. To them, such a scenario is not as critical as to a lower-paid worker, who may simply end up on the scrapheap, the underclass.
And contrary to what you argue, much debate has taken place around " class " and how it is defined.
I simply offer mine.
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
