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| − | '''Upward mobility''' refers to a person or family achieving social and financial advancement, generally achieved through hard work, [[education]], and [[thrift]]. | + | '''Upward mobility''' refers to a person or [[family]] achieving social and financial advancement, generally achieved through hard work, [[education]], and [[thrift]]. [[Liberal]]s ignore this concept on purpose, to justify [[socialist]] ideas such as [[income redistribution]], [[minimum wage]], and [[rent control]] (see [[Entitlements]]). |
| − | Liberals ignore this concept on purpose, to justify [[socialist]] ideas such as [[income redistribution]], [[minimum wage]], and [[rent control]] (see [[Entitlements]]).
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| | + | == Quotes from Lenin == |
| | + | * “The way to crush the [[middle class]] is to grind them between the millstones of [[taxation]] and [[inflation]].” -- [[Lenin]] |
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| | + | ==See Also== |
| | + | * [[Social class]] and [[Economic class]] |
| | + | * [[Aristocracy]] or [[Nobility]] |
| | + | * [[Bourgeoisie]] - some say [[White collar]] |
| | + | * [[Working class]] - or laboring class - some say [[Blue collar]] |
| | + | * [[Working class values]] - [[American values]] - [[Real America]] of [[Main Street]] |
| | + | * [[Proletariat]] and [[Nomenklatura]] of the [[Communist]] "[[Classless society]]" [[Police state]] |
| | + | * The [[poor]] - [[peasant]] or [[serf]] class or [[shudra]] and [[untouchables]] [[caste]] |
| | + | * [[Welfare state]] - [[Nanny State]] and [[Class warfare]]: [[Income redistribution]], [[minimum wage]], and [[rent control]] (see [[Entitlements]]) |
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| | + | * [[Caste system]] |
| | + | * [[Brahmin]]s -- priests and scholars |
| | + | * [[Kshatriya]] -- [[warrior]]s and [[noble]]s |
| | + | * [[Vaishya]] -- [[merchant]]s and [[farmer]]s |
| | + | * Shudra -- artisans and those of the [[serf]] class. |
| | + | * [[Untouchables]] -- the lowest [[social class]] |
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| | + | ==References== |
| | + | {{reflist|2}} |
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| | + | ==External Sites== |
| | + | * http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/the-real-meaning-of-downward-class-migration |
| | + | * http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/do-not-make-fun-of-those-that-have-fallen-out-of-the-middle-class-you-could-be-next |
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