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The conditions of the three classes has varied by time and place. In free societies, [[upward mobility]] makes it possible for poor people to become middle class, and this is rather common. Less frequently, middle class people become rich.

The conditions of the three classes has varied by time and place. In free societies, [[upward mobility]] makes it possible for poor people to become middle class, and this is rather common. Less frequently, middle class people become rich.

In [[List of Communist states|Communist]] countries, as in other highly stratified societies, people rarely change class. This is ironic, because [[Communist]]s justify the revolutionary overthrow of "[[Capitalism]]" by saying they will create a [[classless society]], but actually they just replace the old upper class of with a new one; see [[Nomenklatura]].

In [[List of Communist States|Communist]] countries, as in other highly stratified societies, people rarely change class. This is ironic, because [[Communist]]s justify the revolutionary overthrow of "[[Capitalism]]" by saying they will create a [[classless society]], but actually they just replace the old upper class of with a new one; see [[Nomenklatura]].

== Quotes from Lenin ==

== Quotes from Lenin ==