Reply #18: Some Of The Snobbery Comes From The Fact That The Middle Class

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is disappearing and dissolving before our eyes.

One tenet of middle class life was that one could get ahead through hard work, education, and playing by the rules.

Anyone that comes from a privileged background invites suspicion then because those born "on the wrong side of the tracks" will never be able to get ahead by the old rules.

This is having an unsettling and disquieting effect as the reality of temporary employment, outsourcing, and the job loss recovery settle in.