The middle class in the west is an aberration of history.

The middle class was great for many of us. But we seem to be going back to historical hierarchies of how societies have organized themselves. This is a failure of western democracy. BIG failure!

You have already commented on the "Orwellian Ratio." I shall provide the link for others:

https://medium.com/politically-speaking/the-orwell-society-71456d100f1d