This chapter starts off with the question of "Are Middle Classes Natural?" He goes on in the chapter to talk about different types of wealth distribution as well as pros and cons of Marxist type theories.
I'm not going to talk much about what Lanier had to say in the chapter, though. Instead, I am going to try to make the point that the middle class is not "natural" nor is upper, lower, or anything else in between. I think that what is "natural" for humans is to live in order to survive. In other words in nature, there is no economy. There are no jobs. There is no "money". All there is a "natural" world are people who eat, sleep, and procreate.
Now, as far as a middle class being "natural" in a capitalistic economy, I would also have to say no. The whole point of capitalism is to get rich, essentially. In a truly capitalistic economy, there would be no middle class. The economy in the U.S. is leaning towards this end of the spectrum, as we see the middle class dwindling every year. More and more people are living in poverty, and in return, a few people make a lot of money off of them.
Sometimes, I wish people were all just Aborigines still and all we did was eat and sleep. Those were the days.
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