I have noticed that people desire the middle-ground the most. For instances, the American government is situated somewhat in the middle of the political spectrum. The United States is not truly capitalist or socialist, but a mixture of the two. Finally, the middle-class balanced out the extremely polarized ends of the socioeconomic classes. It surprised me that Aristotle was the first to believe that the eroding middle-class is detrimental to society. Other than having slaves, I knew that the ancient Greeks had a class system that was like the United States. What surprised me is how that plausible idea is over two thousand years old. That is true because the upper-class and poverty does not always put money into the economy. Companies
