Money doesn't make you middle class — here's what does, according to an anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher. (via Grow_mag)
. Some broader definitions of the middle class factor in education, occupation, self-perception, or mindset.Being middle class 'starts with a kind of cultural place'
Another reason an artist from a wealthy family who is making $15,000 is not middle class is because that person's family has likely hit the peak of success. "Fundamentally, one of the things that makes a person middle class is this aspiration for their children to do better," she says. "An artist who has enormous family wealth, it is unlikely that this person's children are going to be doing better than them. They don't have to do better.
Being middle class is less tied to your income and more tied to what freedoms that income allows. Do you have time to look up political candidates and make an educated vote? Do you have time to read the news? Someone who works three jobs and is still below the poverty line probably does not, he says.
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