The Middle Class is not a new idea like you're presenting it as, it's been around since 1500 at the very least, but it's likely as old as feudalism.

Like you presenting it as a new idea is insulting to everyone who's fought against feudalism, royalism, and capitalism in the past.

Was this really always the end goal? I feel like it was just the obvious progression based on how the system works and enforced.

Well, 85 years so far...

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