Assorted quotes:https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1374039737544056834 …
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> Michael’s job both shapes, and selects for, a particular kind of detachment from reality.pic.twitter.com/Z4AEf6FZ7q
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> This is the language of living inside a construct; where your entire world lives within arbitrarily drawn boxes, and you have nothing concrete to attach to.pic.twitter.com/avaGvi2u0f
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> The only fundamental difference is that you climb the Labour ladder by working hard, whereas you climb the Elite ladder by acquiring leverage.
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> The middle ladder works completely differently from the other two. This ladder isn’t about money or power; it’s about being interesting. You climb this ladder by being more educated, and towards the top, by having costly habits and virtues.
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> Generally speaking, the farther you go up this ladder, the more detached from reality you get.pic.twitter.com/a8YLuIoQdB
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> On the way up the ladder, you earn social status by doing things that detach you from normie reality.pic.twitter.com/7HVESid8U3
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> these are all upper-middle class values that are stoked by the perpetual fear that your peers don’t take you seriously.pic.twitter.com/Y9IizP8uto
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> As more of the language surrounding you becomes Posturetalk and Babytalk, the more conclusively you will double down on being “serious” about whatever you’re pursuing, as both a defence mechanism and in pursuit of real praise.pic.twitter.com/JnXNk2w1hC
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