>No one was "dismissing" bourgeois labor stats. Just
>pointing out the fact that the stats cited were
>objectively bourgeois, i.e. capitalist, rendering
>subjective conclusions about an elusive "middle class"
>being a significant demographic proportion.
maybe this comes down to style. I don't get why you would grouse about someone exploring what you call subjectivities of the "human psyche" (your quotation marks), when you yourself can speculate that "Irish promotions" are accepted by their recipients because " you got to boss people around and tattle on them...."