[ACC24016]

Most Americans have this huge bizarre amount of denial that there even is a class system in the United States. Even your assumption that there isn't much of a class system is part of that denial. Both janitors and lawyers claim to be middle class when it should be obvious neither of them are. The fact is, America is the most unequal of the industrial nations in terms of income and class, as unequal as most Third World countries. Salaries for CEOs are 300-400 times as high as that of the average worker at the same company. Compare that to Europe where the ratio is only 150-200 times, or Japan where it's 50-60 times. There has been a class system and class warfare in America from before its founding. The only difference between here and Europe is that the average European knows it. In America, it's mostly the wealthy and their stooges who know it.

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Name : ACC24016, Race : Mexican and American Indian, City : West Lafayette, State : IN Country : United States, Social class : Lower class, 

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