[Azred]

Originally posted by Luvian: To me class is manners, phylosophy, culture and attitude, it's a way to behave and has nothing nothing to do with social status or standing. People of high social standing like to think they have class, but it's really unrelated, they can be ignorant and vulgar, or have an "holier than thou" attitude, which is not class. I remember visiting one of my father's friend. The guy is a millionaire. All he did was talk about his house, his big screen tv, the wall mounted tvs he had in each rooms, the audio system connected every rooms, how much he paid for the land, then he procedded to get totally drunk to incoherence on his expensive alchool. He probably thought he had class, but he doesn't. I think many people don't know what class his. They'll see someone with money, a big job an expensive suit etc. and they'll immediatly think he's better than them and will deferate to him. If they see someone wearing cheap clothing or with a small job they'll think he's less than them. I think that's ridicullous.

Now you are getting into the confusion between "character" and "class". The man who blows a lot of hot air about how much money he has, what possessions he bought, etc. has very little character but might actually be in the upper social class.

"Lower class" or "working class" people are generally worrying about living paycheck-to-paycheck and don't have time for such frivoloties as what social class they are.
"Upper class" folks are comfortable in their status, so they don't worry about whether or not they are upper class--they know they are.
"Middle class" people spend a lot of time worrying about class. While they are trying to make enough money so that other people think they are "upper class" they are worrying that the upper class people think of them as "lower class".