Class

I am beginning to see a that previous models on class perpetuation is no longer valid.

Class perpetuation in previous analysis is flawed in that only by releasing and facilitating economic opportunities would result in class and social mobility. This to me is not only a myth but a flawed narrative of the economic story of a common on the street.

As compared with 50 years, it is true that many a masses have improved economically- where wages and quality of life have improved. But the point of any upwardly mobile and dynamic society is not one where everyone improves together but rather one where how mobile and how sticky are the class stratification. It is therefore can be said that what are the barriers of entry between classes- are they being strengthened or are they more open to the individuals who strive towards in the upgrade in status and class position.

Previous class analysis assumes that the material or economic interest formed the superstructure of society- from religion, legal system and culture. But this flawed in the sense whereby an improvement in the economic outcome appears to level the class structure but in reality, class structure and upward mobility appears ever the more elusive because the barriers between classes are being built taller and taller, and class differences are ever the more subtle but even more effective.

Therefore rather than focus solely on economic interest as the main driver, we must be aware of the how the narration and imagery of class differences is being played out between it's members. Indeed class differences a couple decades have been relative sharper and distinct but now it is becoming more and more blurry and it's social markers ever the more subtle. That is to say that in today's age, it is very difficult to differentiate between a teenager with means and an office worker who has to work for living.

It would appear that previous social markers of family with means has become so accessible that even the middle class could easily passed off as such. The result is not the effect of class mobility but rather things have become subtler but no less the power relations remains- the main thrust of class relations in the first place.

Family with means have built a high wall of barriers of entry that just earning alot of money does not ensure it's acceptance. Because not entering an upward class almost ensure a certain dislocation of means and status which ultimately means that one would almost lost as fast as he/she has made. The aspiring mobile class member would have lost his previous comfortable network of friends with similar backgrounds while not gaining support from the upgraded class.

And as such class relations as a subset of power relations within society perpetuates itself in a sense that status are not accorded to the merited and therefore denies the aspiring mobile class member means of which to consolidate his/her position within an upgraded class. And therefore even if the aspiring mobile class member earns more than an upper class colleague in a year- he would lose it faster than he could keep it as he/she is denies means of which to manage this wealth and work even harder to keep his status.

And in keeping such class differences- it ensured that power relations ever the more sticky and ever the more disadvantaged to the aspiring mobile classes of society. And this class imagery and narration would continue to repeat itself in culture, traditions and minds of the popular consciousness- denying even themselves,- the disadvantaged- the chance to move upwards, because they themselves don't even believe they can do it.