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I can see that your definition of the upper class is what I know as the �gOld Rich�h, where as I do define the �gNew Rich�h also as the upper class as long as they have enough power and money in the society.

Yes, and as long as these new rich behave like the upper class. Class is all about behaviour and mentality. It is possible to change it, but for 99% of the people it won't change from their childhood to their death even if they get much richer. Well, actually, now that I think about it, it is much easier to go down than up. Some people lose everything in life, get depressed, become alcoholic and maybe homeless, and thus can pass from any class to the very bottom of society. But that's still fairly rare.

Just wondering on your opinion on this Maciamo�chow about those rock n roll royalty? They did get the title "sir" from the Queen. Their class is the one you would attribute them based on the way they speak, think and behave if you met them without knowing who they were and how rich they were. I can tell someone's class after talking to them for a few minutes, sometimes before I even know their name !

Also how about the heirs of the Chinese royalties who no longer has the title because of what happened to China? If they are still educated like royalities, still think of themselves as the heirs of Chinese emperors, still act, think and behave like royalties would have done, then they are still upper class. The same thing happened in Europe during the French Revolution; nobility was abolished, but the nobles remained noble, and many of them, or their descendents, claimed their nobility back when monarchy was restored. There are still descendents from the Bourbon family (to which the last kings of France belonged) who claim to be the heirs of the throne of France (the current pretender is Henri, Count of Paris and Duke of France).