Depends on how you measure class "distance". By income? Closer to the proles. By relation to means of production? The haute bourgeoise. By "ideology"? Well, the ruling ideology of any society is always the ideology of the ruling class, so the proles, petite bourgeoise and hautes all believe in liberalism anyway.
Depends on how you measure class "distance". By income? Closer to the proles. By relation to means of production? The haute bourgeoise. By "ideology"? Well, the ruling ideology of any society is always the ideology of the ruling class, so the proles, petite bourgeoise and hautes all believe in liberalism anyway.