The middle class saw the elite as in it for themselves, trying to get a place at Versailles and become closer with the King. The third Estate was regarded as inferior to the rest and did not receive any help from the other classes. According to Patit Mishra, “A decadent feudal order was clinging to its privileges, while the cry of the philosophes was "equality, liberty, and fraternity” (404). The higher classes wanted to maintain their power and superiority and the lower working class wanted to be viewed as equals and receive assistance from those above
The middle class saw the elite as in it for themselves, trying to get a place at Versailles and become closer with the King. The third Estate was regarded as inferior to the rest and did not receive any help from the other classes. According to Patit Mishra, “A decadent feudal order was clinging to its privileges, while the cry of the philosophes was "equality, liberty, and fraternity” (404). The higher classes wanted to maintain their power and superiority and the lower working class wanted to be viewed as equals and receive assistance from those above