Status anxiety by Alan de Botton is a good read.
The #CollegeScam discussion is interesting because most still don't understand the role status plays in our life.
I'm doing a thread, and also suggest you read @primalpoly's book Spent and also Class by Paul Fussell.
https://amzn.to/2u9lKig
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It also shows that the color of privilege is actually green.
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It's the new aristocracy. Why would rich people need to cheat? Same reason people with "new money" in times past married into the aristocracy. How do they pass once they're in? Because it's easy. The barriers to entry are artificial. Knowledge is free - credentials are not.
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Dominance hierarchy
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But it explains the brainwashing we've been through that a makes people go to college, even though they are burdened with huge student loan debt afterwards!
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