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* “The way to crush the [[middle class]] is to grind them between the millstones of [[taxation]] and [[inflation]].” -- [[Lenin]]

* “The way to crush the [[middle class]] is to grind them between the millstones of [[taxation]] and [[inflation]].” -- [[Lenin]]

==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Social class]] and [[Economic class]]

* [[Social class]] and Economic class

* [[Upward mobility]]

* [[Upward mobility]]

* [[Aristocracy]] or [[Nobility]]

* [[Aristocracy]] or [[Nobility]]

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* [[Caste system]]

* [[Caste system]]

* [[Brahmin]]s -- priests and scholars

* [[Brahmin]]s—priests and scholars

* [[Kshatriya]] -- [[warrior]]s and [[noble]]s

* [[Kshatriya]] -- [[warrior]]s and [[noble]]s

* [[Vaishya]] -- [[merchant]]s and [[farmer]]s

* [[Vaishya]] -- [[merchant]]s and [[farmer]]s

* Shudra -- artisans and those of the [[serf]] class.  

* Shudra—artisans and those of the [[serf]] class.  

* [[Untouchables]] -- the lowest [[social class]]

* [[Untouchables]]—the lowest [[social class]]

==References==

==References==

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==External Sites==

==External links==

* http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/the-real-meaning-of-downward-class-migration

* 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

* http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/do-not-make-fun-of-those-that-have-fallen-out-of-the-middle-class-you-could-be-next