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		int_19h on Oct 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A gentler, better way to change minds One of the informal definitions of "middle class" that I've heard is "people who have enough wealth and power that they don't have to constantly think about survival, but not enough to have to worry about being a target in the political game of thrones".

lupire on Oct 15, 2022 [–]

The original middle class meant people who can afford to participate in public life, but aren't aristocracy. Ben Franklin is the archetype.

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