The 6 Levels of Social Class (What Level Are You?) - Machiavelli

The Vultus Podcast · Jul 2, 2026 · 19m

Most people believe social class is about money — income, education, job titles, possessions — and that belief keeps them blind. Niccolò Machiavelli understood that social class is not primarily economic, it is psychological: it is revealed in how a person thinks, reacts, speaks, obeys, fears, and positions themselves among others; money may reflect class, but it does not define it — power does. This episode breaks down the six levels of social class as Machiavelli would recognize them, not as statistics but as lived realities — levels that determine who is listened to and who is ignored, who…