id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-4018 Professional and working class conflict in the United States - Wikipedia .html text/html 2174 359 54 Professional and working class conflict in the United States Wikipedia Professional and working class conflict in the United States Today, most American workers –many of whom earn middle-range incomes and work in white-collar occupations – are usually not resentful of the professionals, though a feeling of disconnect persists. While the work of professionals and managers is usually largely self-directed and appeals to the interest of the individual, that of middle-range income white-collar and blue-collar workers is closely supervised and tends to greatly stray from the worker's actual interests. Though the student protestors envisioned solidarity with the working class as a means of opposing "establishment" policies with regard to war, race, and other social issues, the student protestors' lack of support for the Vietnam War, as well as generalized antipathy toward youthful rebellion, alienated the working classes. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4018.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4018.txt