• Social classes in the United States play a major role in how society functions and how people “…live, work, and think”.
• Social classes aren’t determined simply by looking at one’s wealth, income, or lifestyle. Class is greatly influenced by power/authority. The author explains how class is rooted in the power relations found in the workplace. Class is determined by the role people play, in relation to what others do, in the production process which the author refers to as “production power”.
• There are three classes: the capitalist class, the middle class, and the working class. To distinguish which class people belong in, the differences in power must be carefully evaluated because the relations among them are quite complex.
• The capitalist
• Social classes aren’t determined simply by looking at one’s wealth, income, or lifestyle. Class is greatly influenced by power/authority. The author explains how class is rooted in the power relations found in the workplace. Class is determined by the role people play, in relation to what others do, in the production process which the author refers to as “production power”.
• There are three classes: the capitalist class, the middle class, and the working class. To distinguish which class people belong in, the differences in power must be carefully evaluated because the relations among them are quite complex.
• The capitalist