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Through the 20th century, the share of proletariat has continually increased across the advanced countries of the West. Why didn't mainstream institutions become consciously proletarian in term of orientation and interests? Why did people identify as "middle class" and not proletarian/working class?

by /u/Shashank1000 in /r/AskHistorians

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