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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels
How do you even define working class anymore anyway? With the increase in working hours, declining pay, rising cost of living, I think vast swathes of people who would define themselves as middle class (i.e. culturally) are actually working class (i.e. financially), but because people think of themselves as middle class they don't really think of themselves as being exploited.
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I tend to agree. It sometimes feels like all that's left is culture when determining class, at least on the fringes. I know 'salt of the earth' working class types who are in a far better financial position than plenty of stereotypically middle class people I know. You can probably tell a lot more about a person's class nowadays by the TV programmes they watch than by the weight of their wage packet.