What's wrong with class? It is always getting a bashing as if it is the root of all social ills. I think the middle class has been a triumph in most of the UK - a great civilising influence and role model for the lower orders to aspire to and a valuable moderating influence on the excesses of the toffs.The 'upclassing' of the workers has been quite successful looked at across the board - many working class people now eat avocados and their houses are much more tastefully decorated that they used to be. There have been notable failures though - I am thinking here of the affectation of holding the knife like a pen which really grates.Without a class system the only thing would be consumerism and wealth display - like America or Taiwan.
