A stereotype of social classes would be that all lower class people are unintelligent and rely fully on their government and middle class taxpayers dollar for support. While this is not always true, many people from all aspects of life and all social classes still believe this misconception. The middle class is defined as those people who have to work hard every day and who are not rich, but at the same time are not poor. The upper class is stereotypically the people who don't have to work as hard and have the simplest life. While all of these people are undoubtedly different, there is nothing that defines them as such that they need to fit into these stereotypes. A poor person can work very hard without government assistance and still be poor, a rich person can work hard, and a middle class person doesn't necessarily work hard. Likewise, if a person believes that one social class is better than another, then for that person this mentality is one