On Sun, Sep 1, 2024 at 03:22 PM, Michael Meeropol wrote: > > I bet there is an issue as to how much of one's "CLASS BIRTH" determines > one's consciousness even if you "climb" (or "fall") the ladder
I think you're less inclined to stereotype the working class if you grew up with it, but in my case identification with the the international workers’ movement only began when I went to university and studied its history. Later, like many of us, as a professional employee dependant on my salary for a living, I regarded myself as a member of the class, albeit of its most privileged stratum. Most of my teenage friends didn't go to university and, unless they found themselves in a unionized setting, did not identify as working class, preferring instead to think of themselves and be seen as “middle class”. I don’t believe the general level of class consciousness in North America has advanced very much if at all since then, although there has always been a widespread and curious combination of resentment and admiration of “the rich”. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31941): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/31941 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/108206308/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
