Seeing all the other people by social class.

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So pretty straight-forward easy question,

does anyone else see people by their social class?

I have this division in my mind (and I always attain to it)
1) poor- low social class
2) low to medium income - medium social class
3) high income - high social class

I tend to see people by these 3 classes, also I tend to analyze their clothing, habits, what they do in order to see if they fit with the idea I have of them regarding said class.

What do you guys think? am I just plain crazy?

I don't consciously see people in terms of social class . I had a solidly middle class upbringing as my father worked for the Foreign office. Due to social drift as a result of severe mental illness , and what at long last has been confirmed as Asperger's , I've dropped down the social scale though I've kept my left wing middle class values. I think it's best to judge people by how they are and not by their social class.

I think it's best to judge people by how they are and not by their social class.[/quote]


That, obviously.

But at first look I see them by social class, to decide whether to keep a relationship or not. I don't think that is out of the norm that much, I doubt a middle class person would love to be surrounded by lower class people.

Anyway, i'm offended by your "left wing middle class upbringing". I was also raised in a middle class family but I have strong right ideas

To myself, not unconsciously yet I can try to.
Social classes are those tiny little details are but a footnote of who they are as whole... Almost no different from a 0s and 1s regarding to a person.
Those are more into the 'circumstantial' parts than a 'core'. Of course certain traits due to their upbringing can be closer to the core, but not in the core itself.

They're more like... One of the every many 'gears' of individuals than a whole 'identification' let alone category.
Each differing parts gives various patterns and outcomes. Some are major some are minor, anyone could try and appease those parts but how much does a person knows an individual by only looking at a rather few aspect of said individual?

Yeah, having this 'part' (social class) would less likely knew what was like to X but not know what was like to Y.
Question is that if they will take X for granted or see it as something else? Or that if they are open or close minded to Y? Other aspects can give an answer; namely by actually knowing them. Though, it requires social skills and the right places to break open the layers of 'exclusivity' or whatever makes an NT of positions deem interaction worth interacting or associating with.


While I'm aware categorizing people makes social navigation easy at some levels, but it can only take someone far in some ways. Mainly depends on the person categorizing's priority that is.



Edit: Misspelled something.
And; I grew up with a lot of exposures of varying classes. Many of these classes... Has this.. 'Sameness' to one another. That 'sameness' is more or less by a person's priority. Can't pinpoint it, but it's definitely closer to the human's continuum.

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I think about these sort of categorizations chronically. Obsessively to be honest. My 1st and foremost SI is politics and the socioeconomic element is what I get most passionate about deconstructing.

I have a very interesting perspective on it too because I grew up in very deep rural poverty in the American South, and I have through my experiences mingled with an enormous variety of social classes from various regions. My current job (one working at a presidential historic estate) gives me insight as well. I have performed privately for someone who regularly speaks on Fox and Friends (well... privately with the other Board members at least). The audience is generally at least "upper middle class" fortunate even when they are not Board members.

I see the manifestations of background, region, and class in every aspect of behavior, and part of it is that contrast in my life. These observations cause mental distress frequently because I understand far better than most people how generational poverty degrades a population of humans and how resource abundance and proximity to cultural sophistication elevates a population of humans. The deeper you go into it, the more one understands the common interpretation of the word "Darwinian."

I'll go so far as to research the neurochemistry and genetics of resource rich/scarce environments. I can deconstruct the behavior of poor people rather well in my opinion. I understand to a degree how the brain and the genetic code adapts and copes to these extremities, especially sustained over generations.

I have clearly emulated the behavioral patterns of the fortunate in an unconscious attempt to mimic them, although I am more aware of this now as my changes have become more apparent with age. I speak Northeastern cosmopolitan for instance, an accent I simply evolved into. During questions after my performances, people assume I am from a sophisticated background because of how I present myself. I can tell by their comments and questions. Back home I come across as nearly foreign when I visit, which is rarely.

I don't actually feel any sense of belonging on a personal level. I was born into low redneck society and rejected it completely. I emulate the fortunate and yet feel quite literally in a state of warfare with them. Everything regarding human society reminds me of socioeconomics.

You sound perfectly normal to me

Based on your description

Surely the description is not complete