Classism is also societal or systemic domination, and this is the most complicated, and effective, method way of keeping working people at or near the bottom of the economic ladder. For example, responsible working class adults routinely have to ask permission to go to the toilet if the need arises before their mandated fifteen-minute break from work, or to bring in a note of proof if they take half a day off work to see a doctor. Other Americans, in the middle class, would never dream of having to ask, indeed, are not required to do more than tell someone they will be in late because of an
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