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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Class and wealth are related but not the same thing.

You can grow up very low income and become UMC easily by accumulating and growing wealth. But no matter how much money you make, the transition to UC is a lot harder, even from UMC, because so much of it is cultural experience shared from birth on.

There is no obvious line, no obvious amount of wealth that makes one UC vs UMC. Because, like I said, culture (from birth) plays a role here.  It's kind of like what SCOTUS says about porn -- you just know it when you see it. I know UC v UMC people because my grandparents were UC. This applies to the US; I wouldn't have a clue elsewhere in the world. Because again -- it's cultural. [/quote]

So Elon Musk isn't upper class?[/quote]

Musk is trash money.[/quote]

I'm not asking for a commentary on how you feel about him. He lives an UC lifestyle. But you could say he has no class. Which is sort of why the distinction of UC/UMC is meaningless in the US. New money and old money aren't the same thing.

But in any event, I'll stand by the idea that income does not equal wealth, and wealth is the indicator of which class you are in (from a financial perspective, not a manners/refinement perspective). [/quote]

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