[Ryzorian]

The US's orginal ideal was allowing people the freedom to achieve worth on thier own merit. True it hasn't allways upheld the ideal but that's the foundational aspect. China doesn't even have the ideal.

Ronin, the Middle class is what the lower class strives to achieve, that's where liveing is possible. Trying to destroy the middle class is why that whole concept fails because it removes the basic foundation that humaity is based on. Being able to achieve something. Take the achievement out of it, and nobody will do anything constructive and the whole thing collapses under it's own weight.