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Along with the political changes, a new social class of well off people is emerging in Poland. Following the western pattern, they like to call themselves a middle class. However, in Poland there are hardly any standards by which anybody can be rated among the middle class, because the process of its formulation is still in progress. In the western cultures such indicators are, apart from money, education, taste and manners. In our country, however, people who aspire to the middle class are often perceived as snobs and nouveau riche. The question arises, whether such an opinion is justified or is that simply a vengeance of those who have their good manners but no money?