Peasant

Peasants were the poor farmers of Europe during the middle ages up until the 18th century.

Peasants of Podolia, Poland, about 1860. painted by Kanhart

Quotes from Lenin

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

See Also

• 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
• Proletariat
• Caste system
• The poor - peasant class
• Welfare state

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