After passing the scones and then declaring trouble down tut
Mill the #ThingsElliottSays poll is now closed. Most of you have declared
yourself to be middle class. I am also pleased to announce that 11% of my
readers are members of the royal family, so everyone better be upstanding for
the Queen.
Equally 4% of you believe yourself to be lower class, I
didn't realise so many scandalous MPs like Dennis Mc Shame read
#ThingsElliottSays. 18% of those who answered the poll are comrades in arms,
solidarity comrade.
What Class are You?
Upper Class
|
11%
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Middle Class
|
46%
|
Working Class
|
18%
|
Lower Class
|
4%
|
I Do Not Believe in Class
|
20%
|
Total votes: 157
I did this poll after seeing hundreds of people answering
questionnaires on Facebook asking what class they are. Politics and class are
somewhat linked in Britain so I thought it would be a interesting question to
ask #ThingsElliottSays' readers where they would put themselves on the ladder
of Great British society. John Prescott famously claimed 'we are all middle
class now', clearly the majority of you didn't think he was correct.
Personally I don't really get class, unless you're a blood
relative of the Queen (the Queen is special and all those who disagree should
be sent to the Tower). People interact with each other because they're friends
or work together rather than because they travel in different social circles. The
idea of class doesn't really seem to work because people just see people as
well other people. You're judged on your characteristics rather than some unwritten
social law.
The Queen is very happy with #ThingsElliottSays |
Of course the previous paragraph is fairly idealistic, there
are several blocks to having everyone being able to fully control their lives.
There is the fact that our education system until very recently hasn't been fit
for purpose in making everything easy and catering for everyone, yet no one, at
the same time. There's government action which despite often having high hopes
of looking after people often does the opposite and constrains. This would explain
how a large proportion of people on benefits are trapped just above the poverty
line. There's also those who don't actually like the idea of getting rid of a
class system, these are generally left-wingers who just want to keep the people
in their place, see Poly Toynbee or Owen Jones that back a system of mass
poverty with a few bastards like them at the top.
Oppressor! |
Vote in the new poll on the sidebar.
* Economics is about people putting values on things not
just counting money; a lot of the time it's about emotions.
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