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Originally posted by electric6:
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Originally posted by electric6:
I admit I'm not very well read in this area...I know little to nowt about this side of politics/the economy but I'm baffled by that
I think she's saying that the middle classes have pensions (usually invested in shares in companies and banks and the like), and own shares directly, and are part of mutual societies, and store their savings in banks, and hold wealth in property and goods. That is, they own the means of production themselves at some level.
So if the middles classes are rubbish and the poor are all feckless then...that can mean only one thing
For generations, the middle classes of GB have been the backbone of the country: teaching its children; tending its sick; inventing things; building up industries and business. They have built parks and libraries, hospitals and schools. They gave something back. They didn't just take.
Now, they can't give anything back because everything has been taken from them. And still the government wants more.
So, no, the middle classes are not rubbish but they are being treated like they are.
As to the working classes becoming teachers, and the like. Fine, if they are clever enough, but I've come across some very stupid people who have somehow managed to go into teaching in the past decade or so.