Without a booming middle class, there can be no Buddhism in the West. #obvious
@Meaningness when I say "middle," i'm thinking large % population with solid education and leisure.
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@hokaisobol I think one main reason people adopted Consensus Buddhism was to signal membership in a particular subdivision of middle class. -
@Meaningness there's so much to say about this, but briefly you're over-emphasizing cultural over socio-economic. - 3 more replies
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@hokaisobol Yes… Hopefully that will remain. Lanier’s point is that the middle- class guarantee of economic security is dissolving.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@hokaisobol Without that guarantee, educated people have to organize their lives quite differently, and 20th century class assumptions fail.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@hokaisobol Particularly, the ladder of cultural subdivisions of the middle class no longer makes any sense.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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