Class Stratification Isn't Recession Proof

After playing all the games and reading about all the different classes on the PBS website, I find myself wondering if these are the same classes that existed after the recession hit. Sure we still have different classes but old money is not as prominent as it was in 2001 when the documentary was filmed and the website was created. I played the game where you choose what to put in a room and through those tastes you were put into a class. The choices given didn't seem to reflect the tastes of people today, sure it was less than 10 years ago but a lot has happened to the economy since then. We have been at war in the middle east for 9 years and in the past 2 have had one of the worst recessions since the Great Depression, and these choices and this documentary have now been proven to be outdated and not accurate.

From my personal experiences, class stratification does exist but it is nothing like it has ever been before. Instead of the old ranking system of old money, new money, upper middle, middle middle, lower middle, and low there is now a system where the richest rich drop down to upper middle and only the multi-billionaires are able to stay really rich. Everyone is fighting to save money and everyone lost a lot of money. Jobs are not readily available anymore, people are getting cut left and right due to budget cuts, you now have to be the best of the best or you are working minimum wage (if you are lucky). Times are hard and the importance of class is no longer the main focus.

I come from a military family with 2 incomes and both my parents have masters degrees but we are finding ourselves watching where the money goes more than ever. I was set to have my college all paid for before the recession but now my parents need the money they were saving for me so I have to rely on my own money and loans because I am unable to get any government grants. I find it unfair that grant companies assume just because my parents make enough money that they have enough to pay for my college education, the truth is that I barely see any of it and honestly I don't want it.

The recession made it so class stratification had only 3 sides, the mega rich, the middle and the poor; there is barely any in between anymore.