Re: [Marxism] Unemployment fuels military enlistments

[Debordagoria <phantasmagorias@xxxxxxxxx>]

Though a rather indirect response to my question,
Carrol's observation about the category of "middle
class" is of course a good one, as I am painfully
reminded every time I present the "five-class model"
to my intro to sociology students.  If you compare
three textbooks you will likely find three different
accounts
of which occupations fall into the upper-middle,
lower-middle, and working class categories.  I can
think of no better example of the weakness of
mainstream social science.
Michael D.

- Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> Debordagoria wrote:
> >
> >
> > This suggests that more than half of military
> recruits
> > come from upper (or is it middle?) middle class to
> > wealthy households.  Is that possible?
>
> One more reason to eliminate the term "middle class"
> from one's language
> _and_ one's thinking. It simply doesn't describe
> anything.
>
> Carrol



                
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