'Middle class people have been placed in a precarious position between the owning class and the working class; they are both oppressed and oppressor. Often plagued by feelings of inadequacy, guilt, a fear of falling and moral slippage, not working hard enough, not being productive enough, and complicity in class oppression, middle class people, underneath their pretenses, have been hurt and held prisoner inside their humanly constricted and conditioned roles. Putting a happy face on it all often takes an extraordinary amount of energy, and it takes toll on middle class people in spite of the generally held belief that they are living the "American Dream."'
Chuck Barone
