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<blockquote data-quote="Goweresque" data-source="post: 7553169" data-attributes="member: 818"><p>Not in the old sense that 'the working class' worked with their hands on the factory floor, and 'the middle class' worked in offices. Technology has moved on to such an extent that manual labour is required far less than it was, so the concept of 'the working class' as horny handed sons of toil no longer exists. The man sat in a digger cab may well have as soft a hands as the office worker, and indeed be better paid. </p><p></p><p>Working class today means you work for a living, vs the people who don't work at all, which itself splits into 2, those who don't work because they are paid by the State, ie on benefits, or those rich enough not to work. Thats the basic divide in society today - do you have to get up in the morning to be at a place of work or not? If you do you're working class. If you don't you're you're not. I suppose you could characterise it as the producers vs the consumers.</p><p></p><p>Edit: [USER=54866]@ollie989898[/USER] beat me to it with a far more precise analysis <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite18" alt=":LOL:" title="Laugh :LOL:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":LOL:" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite18" alt=":LOL:" title="Laugh :LOL:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":LOL:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goweresque, post: 7553169, member: 818"] Not in the old sense that 'the working class' worked with their hands on the factory floor, and 'the middle class' worked in offices. Technology has moved on to such an extent that manual labour is required far less than it was, so the concept of 'the working class' as horny handed sons of toil no longer exists. The man sat in a digger cab may well have as soft a hands as the office worker, and indeed be better paid. Working class today means you work for a living, vs the people who don't work at all, which itself splits into 2, those who don't work because they are paid by the State, ie on benefits, or those rich enough not to work. Thats the basic divide in society today - do you have to get up in the morning to be at a place of work or not? If you do you're working class. If you don't you're you're not. I suppose you could characterise it as the producers vs the consumers. Edit: [USER=54866]@ollie989898[/USER] beat me to it with a far more precise analysis :LOL: :LOL: [/QUOTE]
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