middle-class in America?
1) The 12% of the population still unionized?
2) The small business entrepreneurs who average survival is five years between bankruptcies
3) The former professional class, Doctors, Lawyers, Dentists, Veterinarians
4) Friends and associates of the top 2% once the boss throws them a bone
5) Celebrities
6) Outlaws, drugs dealers, pimps, thieves
Basically people that have a skill that the rich need.