On the Supposed Professional-Managerial Class
Everyone thinks of themselves as being higher status than they really are. This is probably mostly true of people all over the world, and probably mostly true of people throughout history, but it's especially true in the contemporary United States. According to a recent Gallup poll , 54% of Americans consider themselves middle class. This is actually considerably down from historic levels - according to the same source, from 2002 to 2006, 61% of Americans considered themselves middle class - after the 2008 economic collapse this dropped sharply, and it has mostly held steady since then, sometimes rising a bit and sometimes falling. Go back into the 20th century and the number was much higher. Of course in reality, people who can afford to survive on their investments alone, without working, are the bourgeoisie. Everyone else - everyone who, in order to live, either needs to work and receive some kind of wage or salary or pension, or who depends...