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the # of levels in a hierarchy of value has to match the levels of hierarchy in a society e.g. a single level hov works in the science fiction Culture novels but it does not when there are janitors & hedge fund managers

if an immigrant can expect his children's children to reach the wealth of the boss he works for, then that's 3 generations of relative content working and striving for something

this might seem "unfair" bc with technology you can "watch enough youtube videos and become principal senior engineer at google to invent time machine and buy bitcoin at 0.01" but this feeling of unfairness is basically implying that single level hov is virtuous