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tsunamifury • yesterday at 4:12 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

The upper middle class were decidedly not elite at that time and very much "working class plus"


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graemep • yesterday at 5:38 PM

Still are, arguably. Dependent on earnings rather than wealth.

They did have a lot of privileges, especially when employed in the colonies.

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