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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They don’t talk about money.

Kids have surnames for names.

They never seem ruffled. Any problem is solvable and they have a family safety net.

Not overly concerned with organic food, toys, clothes, etc.

Will offer you an alcoholic beverage any time of day you pop by.[/quote]

This is pretty much the only accurate description in this entire thread. The surnames can be middle names.[/quote]

My child has multiple English surnames for middle names (they're all family names).[/quote]

So only white people can be upper class?[/quote]

It's almost like class is one of multiple ways powerful white people have justified holding on to power historically[/quote]

It seems like a curiously outdated criteria in an increasingly global society.[/quote]

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People in this thread are definitely conflating stereotypes about Old Money New England WASP types with class. Which is laughable and says all you need to know about the poster's class background (i.e. they themselves are MC to UMC at best and are just pretending to know anything about how really rich people live).[/quote]

DP. Like it or not, this has been the mainstream standard for generations and still is to many people. Until the modern-day equivalent of Paul Fussell (sociologist who wrote about old money) comes along and redefines what it means to “have class,” this will likely continue to be the definition in most peoples’ minds. Note the definition is more about a way of life (attitudes towards money, houses) than about money per se. It may seem narrow nowadays. But so far, nobody has identified a set of attitudes and lifestyles that are common to the new global elite (monied or not). If you can, then maybe you should write that book. [/quote]

They actually have. Go ahead and google it yourself, I’m not going to do your hw for you. Just realize you sound ignorant.[/quote]

One thing is certain. Being a rude jerk online, like this poster, is the opposite of any old or new definition of “class.” [/quote]

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