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In reply to the discussion: There are exactly two ways to get rich [View all]El_Johns
(1,805 posts)Seattle's ruling class with a reportedly million-dollar trust fund from his grandfather.
Eduardo Saverin is the son of a Brazilian industrialist.
Pierre Omidyar is the son of a Johns Hopkins surgeon, grandson of wealthy Iranians.
All went to prep schools and elite universities. They're not "middle class".
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A "strong middle class" isn't needed for technological development today; that can be supplied by a mere fraction of the children of the upper-middle to upper class -- and generally is.
It's your illusion that the "middle class" is somehow in the forefront of technology development. No, it's a highly educated fraction of the population that's doing that, because to be in the forefront, you need to start young, with lots of resources -- and the "middle class" doesn't get those.
The "middle class" is doing the technology grunt work, for the most part.