The seven social classes of the UK

Sometimes when you are earning lots of money, or even only a modicum of money, you have little or no time to appreciate culture or develop individuality. We are creating wealth but that is all we are doing. We call this culture, capitalism, industry, work, conformity. Is it really? When we are not doing these things we squander time, and a lot of work anyway is squandered time. What do the middle classes do? Go on holiday and read newspapers. This is culture to them!

Elite, because my parents paid off the mortgage extremely quickly, with none of the holidays most people would enjoy (ie we went camping every summer for my childhood, instead of tanning in various countries).

I think it's pretty accurate though, although the 'cultural' portion seemed a bit arbitrary, as it assumes that things like ballet and opera is something culturally enlightened people would do, when some may just see it as a load of rubbish

What is culture to you?

Nicely put. The middle class seems like the bore class. You would expect with their wealth they would be more cultured, broader minded and interact with a diverse group of people yet ironically many do not reflect this at all. Wealth clearly does not derive respect for other cultures or social groups. I'm just proud that I don't feel the need to use my social class as a tool to demonstrate my intellect, and clearly the same can be said for you! If I could I would thumb this up

The real wealth creator class, with a very high social and cultural capital, most certainly the highest in the concept of morality.

If I put the details of my family, it comes up as elite. Though I think that's a bit of an overstatement. My family are more like highly skilled professionals - we're not exactly members of the titled nobility. If I put my own details, I get technical middle class (graduated last year). I still don't really even know what that is.

It is a bit simplistic though. I mean sure, I like to watch sport. But surely a person who watches polo and croquet are unlikely to be in the same class as someone who watches cock-fighting and bar brawling. And I don't know anyone who has a job on that list. That doesn't make me an unsociable hermit, it just means the people I know have other jobs.

That class caused the recession. Taking out loans that they couldn't afford to buy fags, booze and package holidays to Tenerife.

Only the English worry about all this classism crap. They did away with all that in most of continental Europe.

The French are probably even more class obsessed.

as a result of such threads and posts corresponding with an IQ of a dog, mine has already dropped below natsci offer so before I quit I strongly recommend you to read Adam Smith: Wealth of Nations (especially Of Wages of Labour) and maybe you'll get to understand the capital circulation in a commodity producing society. Recession simply cannot be caused by those who do not own the means of production and can only sell their labour power, maybe your next statement will point to the workers as advocates of the I, II and III industrial revolution, globalisation, trade agreements, free market or the surplus distribution?

Go work as a wage slave for your masters and stop bullying those who are smaller than you, only because you do not have enough capacity and courage to challenge your real master

Blaming the poor for the crisis is the new normal; it's the game being played by the Coalition every day. So it isn't really surprising that many people are falling for it.

Sadly, it isn't new. It's very 19th Century.

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