What’s Behind the Ballooning Upper Middle Class? Education

Re:What’s Behind the Ballooning Upper Middle Class? Education by toyg on Sunday July 17, 2016 @05:03PM (#12111808)

> unacceptable because it confronts people with the moral consequences

Or more likely, because it gives out confidential information about how much you're really worth, which one should never do (for reasons varying from "avoiding hangers-on" to "avoiding loss of status").

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Re:What’s Behind the Ballooning Upper Middle Class? Education by gizmo on Sunday July 17, 2016 @05:19PM (#12111887)

I'm skeptical of your explanation because there are no "hangers-on" in that social class (the nouveau-riche have to worry about that) and status is only loosely correlated with wealth.

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Re:What’s Behind the Ballooning Upper Middle Class? Education by charlesdm on Sunday July 17, 2016 @05:33PM (#12111951)

The more I think about, especially in Europe, the more it seems that status has little to do with money / wealth. It very much has to do with your values and the company you hold.

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