"...is enough to have a warm place to live and healthy food to eat, with enough left over to provide security during times of famine"
That's a great definition of being middle class. I'd argue being rich involves having far more resources than that.
That's a great definition of being middle class. I'd argue being rich involves having far more resources than that.
However, you'll notice that most people consider rich to be "having more than what I have" or "having more than other people". Many millionaires don't think themselves wealthy -- and they're not necessarily wrong. They've reached a point where many of their peers have more capital than they do. Others may consider them "poor".