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Originally Posted by Rustybarge
WW1 killed off the old feudal class system in Britain and Ireland; half were killed off in the trenches, the remainder taxed to extinction with the income tax surcharge introduced by the socialist labour party after WW2 ( more tax than your income) and crippling death duties.
Then we had the 60's & 70's hippy revolution, and the noughties dot com technology revolution.
So it seems that The UK and Ireland have become the 51st state of the US: two cars, two freezers and McDonald's; a classless society.
But I'd like to know ...
Does social class still exist in the USA?
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IMO, most of the divisiveness in this country is a class issue - the "Elites" vs. the "Rubes". I used quotation marks because those words don't describe how I see the people, but it sure seems to be the way it's portrayed in the media.