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Money and social status

to be like them that's a great example you can't go up the ladder just from money so it's impos it's impossible to climb but you you climb down though sink okay but then here's...

Course: Big questions in societySection: Social class in the UKSubtitles: en

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how people aspire

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to be like them that's a great example

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you can't go up the ladder just from

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money so it's impos it's impossible to

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climb but you you climb down though

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sink okay but then here's a good

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question to test your theory maybe I

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haven't sunk then maybe I haven't maybe

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I'm just poor can an upper class person

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ever be lower than upper class ever can

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they ever come down the P oh interesting

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oh yeah I think when it comes to the

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upper upper class yeah it's it's a

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privilege there's not a lot of choice

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there for anybody whether you are or not

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uh yeah I think it's it's something that

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is given a mindset it's a mindset yeah

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absolutely and with middle class I just

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don't think you can do that I think with

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I think middle and working are like

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quite close to each other you know I

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think you know there's not too much of

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culture difference so I think you can

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move that way and I agree you can't you

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can't really go to upper class don't

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want to be part of yeah of course does

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privilege come into this oh my God yeah

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I mean it's all things I hate really the

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key word really is the privilege part so

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obviously the the upper

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classes had privileges where they took

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you know advantage of them or not they

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still had them so it's I think it's

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probably more difficult for them to go

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down

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