@Eiregoat @sickburnbro

model tyranny. "middle class" is a temporary state, it's a bi-product of an artificial boom and bust cycle. the most critical layer is the non working population; children, elderly, and a bunch of others. not a hard decision to provide for workers and soldiers, but when it comes to the non workers, that can be modified to control the system. in the case of ireland, the eu, corporations, banks have put much value into the "celtic tiger", and now want to extract it.