The poor tend to be politically disorganized and preoccupied with day-to-day survival. People who think of themselves as middle class, by contrast, have more time for political activity and are better educated and easier to mobilize. More important, they feel that their economic status entitles them to respect: they work hard at jobs that are useful to society, they raise families, and they carry out their responsibilities to society such as paying taxes. They know that they are not at the top of the economic heap, but they also have pride in not being indigent or dependent on government help
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Poor v middle class. The poor which marxist class theory relies on to rise up never has throughout history. Despite fears on the one hand & hopes on the other...middle class status is a more likely trigger to change than class consciousness
