Slowly and steadily we are creating a new class system, starting at birth, through early education, and finally through colleges and professional and graduate schools. ... The middle class is steadily diminished; the people at the lower end lack the capacity to improve themselves, and those of the upper middle class are (70) by far greater rewards than when I was a boy.
――上智大学 経済学部経営学科(2月11日実施)――94年