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Originally Posted by pbradley

I always saw working class as one defined by physical labor and, therefore, generally (but not always) lower class.

My father is a small-case lawyer so we're middle class.

that's exactly my point, that used to be working class, but what about telemarketers? no physical labor, yet awful wages, awful working conditions... you get the idea. then again, take a small case lawyer, middle class, but give him 7 children and some debts and no help from the state-- can you live like middle class really? in america, you can jump from middle class to homelessness in a matter of months.