Hi Gabe I note what you say. However, in response to Edward and Rui who clearly celebrate caste, by objective sociological criteria, Mario would be deemed middle class. OK, mixed messages have come from him mainly in non Goanet posts re the comparative prosperity in the USA and in Britain and to which I had responded---as a poor Brit of course. However, the whole of the capitalist world is going through economic crises that impinge quite a lot on the poorer countries too but I will leave it to Mario to respond to you, if he so wishes--- especially how the Americans across the social spectrum are coping currently.
I think the term "peasants" is inaccurately used in the current flurry of emails on Goanet. Peasants are the salt of the earth and I personally would never deride them. Regards Cornel --- Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RESPONSE: According to the man, the poor in the USA > are as well off as > the middle class Europeans; go tell it to the > peasants in the USA. > > That being the case, than the middle class in the > USA would be in a > different league compared to you or me! They would > class, themselves > as the equivalent of our millionaires. So by > European standards, the > man is a millionaire, could buy you and me and have > change left over...
