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The Upper Class

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The upper class holds substantial wealth rather than merely high income, and its position is typically sustained across generations by inheritance.

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Position rests on assets that continue producing regardless of whether anyone works.

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Students often conflate high income with upper-class membership, but a high salary without transmissible wealth is not upper class.