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 I got into an argument last night with a friend of mine. I desperately wanted to argue that biglaw associates were part of the capitalist/ruling/upper class. He won.

In reading Cerriere's Answer, I was struck by the line " . . . if, by class, we mean the amount of economic control you have over your work." (Seems to be almost the same as the "pawn your license" critique.) I found this definition remarkable because it turns on its head assumptions about class as a descriptor of purchasing power, political clout, or relationship to industry/productivity.

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 -- AdamCarlis - 27 Mar 2008
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>		I'm not sure the "if by" you point out in Cerriere really makes much difference for the classification you imply when you say that one class is the "capitalist/ruling/upper." There are all sorts of classifications, and I think that (say) purchasing power and control over one's work shouldn't even be considered on the same continuum (just as some would probably argue for purchasing power and blue-blooded breeding).
 
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Dictionaries talk about "socioeconomic" classes but I think there's a great case for splitting them and leaving you with the less shocking idea that fresh biglaw associates are of a high economic and mediocre social class.

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>		Dictionaries talk about "socioeconomic" classes but I think there's a great case for splitting them and leaving you with the less remarkable idea that fresh biglaw associates are of a high economic and (by virtue of their jobs, at least) mediocre social class.
 -- DanielHarris - 27 Mar 2008
 
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