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a con to divide the working class

In Reply to: Middle Class? posted by GlennyRed on June 02, 1997 at 12:47:15:

: I'm not quite sure about something and I wonder if I can get some opinions on it. It's has to do with the middle class and its size. I've typically heard from the media and other establishment sources that the middle class is growing while the other classes are shrinking. By my own experiences and from what other people say it seems that the working class and "lower" class is growing. I'm inclined to believe the latter but I have heard some socialists saying the former. I'd be interested in any ideas/figures out there that would help settle the issue.

Surely, the myth about the growth of the middle class is simply a con to divide the working class? The increase in white collar jobs (and decrease in blue collar jobs) has occured under the changing conditions of capitalism. Yet those working in the new white collar jobs, still have working class interests, little or no control over their lifes, shitty pay and some cunt bossing them about all day. Isn't class not defined by your job, but by the way you think and the amount of power you have in society?

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