Poll: What Class are You ?
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I said that to be helpful not to irritate you. OK by your definition I'm none of the above, or a mix of 2 and 3. A mix because the definitions are stupid
The class divide still exists, probably even more so that it did 20 years ago.
For example, there may not be much in the way of low paid factory workers but that kind of labour has merely been "upgraded" as it were and call center workers essential fill the same kind of role. Essentially factory working for the modern age.
Which is why I wouldn't say the 2nd option in the OP is really middle class, because those who work in offices are typically considered white collar and it's thosewhite collar workers that are no longer soley the way in which one can define middle class from working class anymore. Nor is having a mortgage or a car. Thatcher may have thought that those credentials set you apart from the working class, but that lines became more blurred over the past 20 years.
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I was in class 5B but now I'm in a class of my own.. 
I would say I'm average working class, as working class is quite broad.
I would say I'm average working class, as working class is quite broad.
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Malc, everyone has a different definition of their class, the divisions and which slot they belong in.
What you earn, where you live, where you work, how much money you have - even who you associate with - has nothing to do with what 'class' you are.
This topic will achieve nothing but disagreements and bickering.
What you earn, where you live, where you work, how much money you have - even who you associate with - has nothing to do with what 'class' you are.
This topic will achieve nothing but disagreements and bickering.
I'd probably say i was 4, as i don't really fit in any of those...i guess i would be somewhere between 1-2....not on any sort of benefits, and i work full time in an ok job, but havn't exactly got a lot of nice things.
I am only interested in the result not the individual class of members. Comment if you like but Please vote.
The result will be pointless if it doesn't accurately show the truth.
But anyway, to answer the question:
2. White collar Middle class = Career type white collar job with Own home(mortgage etc) House on Private estate, car less than 3 years old etc.
Except I'm renting,
To be honest I would modify that entry slightly, since more & more people rent and I wouldn't say owning your own house necessarily is a reflection of class.
I'm Australian, so this whole "class" thing doesn't mean much to me.
Under malc's classification I fall into category #2: "white collar middle class" (albeit with two houses, not one).
Yes, the UK is obsessed with class. A lot more than other countries.
More than anything class is a state of mind: who you are, what you aspire to, your ideologies, your tastes. It comes to little more than that.
I suggest a review of the categories:
1. General bludger and dosser, fencing car radios and claiming dole at the expense of classes 2,3,4.
2. Proud to be "working class" and haven't noticed the class system is a thing of the past. Probably have a flag related to a football team in the driver's cabin of my van and complain a lot about posh people without noticing that half my class mates from school have dragged themselves out of the mire. Keeping class 1 in trackies and tabs.
3. Just doing my job, paying my rent / mortgage, keeping class 1 in trackies and tabs and telling class 2 where to drive their van.
4. Keeping class 3 busy and actually doing my work, not paying them too much so that I can make plenty of money to buy shiny things whilst keeping class 1 in trackies and tabs and fueling class 2s vans.
1. General bludger and dosser, fencing car radios and claiming dole at the expense of classes 2,3,4.
2. Proud to be "working class" and haven't noticed the class system is a thing of the past. Probably have a flag related to a football team in the driver's cabin of my van and complain a lot about posh people without noticing that half my class mates from school have dragged themselves out of the mire. Keeping class 1 in trackies and tabs.
3. Just doing my job, paying my rent / mortgage, keeping class 1 in trackies and tabs and telling class 2 where to drive their van.
4. Keeping class 3 busy and actually doing my work, not paying them too much so that I can make plenty of money to buy shiny things whilst keeping class 1 in trackies and tabs and fueling class 2s vans.
I know our definitions are different which is why I posted my own & gave the options & asked those that did not agree to Press the back button.
I also said that I posted it in GD, GD is & will always be the place for Light hearted banter, I have No porblem with this which is why I posted it in GD.