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I actually disagree that the capitalist system necessarily divides people into classes, unless you buy into the socialist/derivatively Marxian view that economic resources are destiny. There are plenty of rich boors, there are refined and cultured poor people, there are elite thinkers who make middling wages, and on and on and on. Using income to classify these people makes zero sense - it doesn't describe them and doesn't do them justice. "Class" in the economic sense often is but need not be determinative of outlook or life posture.

For instance, I consider myself to have much more in common with professors and creative types than with many of my clients. It's a matter of what sorts of things we find interesting. They drink beer and I don't - just a small datum, but it means something.