Historically speaking, the so called &quot;middle class&quot; does not imply the median of population, but the people in the range from 80% to 96% of wealth&#x2F;income.<p>Paraphrasing a comment I read earlier today: &quot;[Middle class] is someone with the power to fire you, [Rulling class] is someone with the power to fire everyone, close the plant and outsource the operation abroad&quot;.