Ingeneral the working class are people who live by their labour, the ownership of property that generates wealth is the dividing line - if you have enough property or money not to work then you are not working class. The working classes do not have the power, we are the ones who are told what to do. We are defined not by what we do,but by what is done to us. But this does not mena that we are powerless - far from it. The state spends vast amounts of money and energy to keep us in our place.
Class is a much disputed topic.
If the majority of people have a clear idea of the workings of a class society, social control would be impossible and the ruling class would be toppled from their positions of wealth privilege and power. As captialism developedand class society became a feature of people's lives , the ruling class found it necessary to stifle class conciousness, and even to get working class people to identify with capitalism. These are the rantings of middle class journalists, ad-men and politicians, who want to wish away class conflict and try to create a false idea of equality. At the end of the day these extra goods all rely on your abilty to work. The day you lose your job and can't keep up the payments, they all go out the window along with the easy credit that made them available.