>That
>expectation has been wholly realized in the U.S. at least, where there
>remains no demographically significant 'middle class' (petty producers,
>independent professionals, 'family' farmers).
The professional-managerial class is not small - a bit over a third of the workforce, and probably half the current electorate. Here's the breakdown from the June employment report, table A-7 (apologies for the graceless Excel-induced truncations). There are probably some "managers" who have fairly working-class jobs, but still, these numbers are not demographically insignificant.
thousands percent Total, 16 years and over 142,456 100.0%
Management, professional, and related occupations 48,811 34.3%
Management, business, and financial operations occupat 20,357 14.3%
Professional and related occupations 28,454 20.0% Service occupations 24,040 16.9% Sales and office occupations 35,989 25.3%
Sales and related occupations 16,396 11.5%
Office and administrative support occupations 19,593 13.8% Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupati 15,540 10.9%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 1,125 0.8%
Construction and extraction occupations 9,383 6.6%
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,032 3.5% Production, transportation, and material moving occupatio 18,077 12.7%
Production occupations 9,465 6.6%
Transportation and material moving occupations 8,611 6.0%