"The 'middle-class' is a faux class. It never really existed. If you have a boss, and earn wages or salary, you are a worker, and should be proud to be in the working class. The term 'middle class' isolates more privileged workers for the benefit of the powerful so that anyone outside of elite circles will be divided and fighting against each other instead of fighting institutions and the power structure."
—David Graeber
@MikeDunnAuthor I disagree. The middle class typically has both the transferable skills and financial resources to be able to walk away from an employer with only minimum consequences.