Today's quasi-random thought: Social hierarchies are not at all the same as social classes. The former are based on personal characteristics you do or do not have; the latter on what property you do or do not own.
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Replying to @StevenBrust
That needs to be expanded a bit because the former is also based on having things like all your teeth.
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is that not a characteristic
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Replying to @chaosprime @StevenBrust
Having good health is separate from driving a Mercedes. Listen to any snob talking about toothless people.
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sure but i don’t understand what point this is responding to or refuting
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Replying to @chaosprime @StevenBrust
I'm just trying to untangle social class and economic class. The latter is about your wealth, but the former includes things that require wealth--like expensive dentistry.
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ohh i see one thing i think Steve is getting at is there isn’t one social stratification, they’re all over, inverse to each other, etc etc there was a semi-credible appearance of one briefly because of centralized mass media but it’s a ragged zombie husk of itself at this point
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Replying to @chaosprime @willshetterly
Yeah, in part. But I'm also addressing the thing I see where I talk about class society and someone says, "there are always hierarchies. Even chimps have hierarchies," &c, as if that's the same thing.
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ahh yeah “hierarchy is inevitable therefore this particular hierarchy is inevitable” is a cute trick
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Replying to @chaosprime @willshetterly
Right? Yeah, that's exactly it. Followed, of course, by "therefore let's not bother fighting it."
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