Social class

A "social class" consists of individuals who are grouped together based on economic or political proportions. The caste system of India is an example of a system based around social class, with the 'untouchables' at the bottom.

See Also

• Social class and Economic class
• Upward mobility
• 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
• The poor - peasant or serf class or shudra and untouchables caste
• Welfare state and Class warfare

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• Caste system
• Brahmins -- priests and scholars
• Kshatriya -- warriors and nobles
• Vaishya -- merchants and farmers
• Shudra -- artisans and those of the serf class.
• Untouchables -- the lowest social class

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