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Originally Posted by Hawgwash
Mike;
You are talking class as a character trait ie anyone can have class or not; do a classy thing or not. ie a homeless person can have class, a billionaire can have none.
I think Rustybarge is talking about a socioeconomic strata which defines a persons place in society, often defined by others, not their character.
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Although its true that sociologists try to define class by scientific indicators, each of us has an inbuilt ' class ' detector.
Here in Ireland we used to say ' he's a true gentleman', this was a classless statement which defined the quality of a persons behavior, rather than their socio economic status.
So maybe we are left with a polarized society of ' white trash' and ' decent people'?