I think that what we mean by "race" is related to but distinct from some ancient Greek philosopher speculating on "the different orders of man" in the same way that Marx's use of "class" is related to but obviously different from what a book on the English peerage means by it
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I mean does the "income stream" part actually matter? If I have no income, only wealth that I'm slowly spending - say I inherited $10 million from my dad and because I'm eccentric I put it all in a checking account and didn't invest any of it - am I a "worker" then
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The genuinely "idle rich" are mostly a thing of the past That's one notable feature about the culture in which we now live, it's normative for everyone to have some kind of job, rich people culture places great emphasis on "business", on literally staying busy
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There’s also a minimum amount of income someone has to be making for them to be considered a capitalist, otherwise anyone receiving welfare would be one. You can debate about how much that amount is but I think most people would reach similar conclusions.
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And again this is why I’ve tried to avoid using the specific term “class”
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