Re:No, You can't retire rich at 30 if you sell your startup
by nl on Monday August 23, 2010 @06:52PM
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Most of today's middle class is descended from the kings and nobility of the high middle ages. The peasantry just mostly died out, leaving no descendants.
That's simply untrue. For example, the majority of people of European decent in the US, Canada & Australia are from the "peasantry" classes (ok, by the time mass emigration was happing the "peasantry" class had mostly migrated to the factory cities in Europe, but they were still the poor people).
In Australia's case the early white population was mostly prisoners who were almost entirely poor, unprivileged and most certainly not nobility.
That's simply untrue. For example, the majority of people of European decent in the US, Canada & Australia are from the "peasantry" classes (ok, by the time mass emigration was happing the "peasantry" class had mostly migrated to the factory cities in Europe, but they were still the poor people).
In Australia's case the early white population was mostly prisoners who were almost entirely poor, unprivileged and most certainly not nobility.