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Originally Posted by hairymarx
"With the development of industry the working class not only increases in number - it becomes more concentrated in greater masses, its strength grows."
This is not just a feature of capitalism's past, of the industrial revolution, or of newly industrializing countries such as China. Half of Britain's workers are today employed in workplaces of over 250 people. Giants such as Heathrow airport (workforce 32,000) dwarf many of the factories of the past.
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Except it is important to note that in modern economies, a majority of the workers are white collar and consider themselves middle class (regardless of income). Their tendency is more to the preservation of the status quo as they see themselves as vastly different from the poor and the blue collar/service job working class.
The result is that in most things political, they will side with the super-rich over the poor... even when their economic interests are in conflict.
Ever wonder why they fight with the poor over the income tax while mostly ignoring the taxes that actually affect the rich.