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Igel

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Mon Jul-18-11 05:48 PM
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12. True, that.

But "working class" sums up more an attitude and aspiration than anything.

I think in economic terms you do get "working class" used, but advocates have managed to find a way to efface the difference between "working class" and "poor" so that many think of them as synonymous. My old 'working class' is now apparently 'lower middle' or 'working poor.' And who wants to describe themselves as 'poor' (unless there's some way of leveraging that for personal gain)?

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