If the class is to be determined by who you are then you are "of the working class", however if the determination is based on social economic status the you would be middle class.
Go to the top of the class Lee! On Apr 27, 9:40 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Well to put it into the context of Slips original post. > > If I come from a working class background, and yet earn enough to keep > myself and my dependants living in a middleclass lifestlye, what class > am I actualy? > > On 27 Apr, 14:01, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ohhhhhhh, good one, can we become without doing? > > > On Apr 27, 5:44 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hey Slip, > > > > The short answer would be we are defined by what we do. > > > > Your background does not matter, as much as which actions you perform. > > > > On 26 Apr, 03:27, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I find that many people regardless of their social status, socio- > > > > enconomic level or general upbringing sometimes identify with that > > > > which they are not. Some call them a "wannabe". Whatever the label > > > > whatever the alter ego it still remains the same, people relating with > > > > that which they are not. > > > > > Actor extraordinaire Daniel Day-Lewis once said, > > > > "I came from the educated middle class but I identified with the > > > > working classes. Those were the people I looked up to. The lads whose > > > > fathers worked on the docks or in shipping yards or were shopkeepers. > > > > I knew that I wasn't part of that world, but I was intrigued by it. > > > > They had a different way of communicating. People who delight in > > > > conversation are often using that as a means to not say what is on > > > > their minds. When I became interested in theater, the work I admired > > > > was being done by working-class writers. It was often about the > > > > inarticulate. I later saw that same thing in Robert De Niro's early > > > > work - it was the most sublime struggle of a man trying to express > > > > himself. There was such poetry in that for me." > > > > > Are we who we are or are we that which we identify with, or possibly a > > > > combination of both? > > > > > Personally I think that in someway we all identify with specific > > > > things in the external world that we feel suits our personal desire, > > > > want or need and then by adopting that identity we somehow learn to be > > > > that which we identify with, unless it is beyond our capacity to > > > > become that. > > > > > Is that a distraction from who we "really" are? Is the constant > > > > bombardment from multi-media a detriment to the development of the > > > > true self? > > > > > Do we waste much of our time in youth attempting to emulate that which > > > > we are intrigued by only to realize later in life the reality of who > > > > we really are?- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
