preliminary thoughts on money & prestigepic.twitter.com/oPiGoouoOV
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This & previous screenshot from Affinal Ties, Subsistence, and Prestige among the Coast Salish, Wayne Suttles (1960)pic.twitter.com/VkB66RCVWK
@sarahdoingthing Utilitarians fear sacrificing their subsistence to utility monsters. Might prestigitarians worry about prestige monsters?
@sarahdoingthing (Possibly relevant that Young coined the term 'Meritocracy' to name a dangerous delusion, not a desired goal...)
@dougald such is the way of myth!
@sarahdoingthing Why would easier wealth/prestige exchange reduce concentration of wealth distribution? I'd guess the X distribution is ...
@alexisgallagher if you have a drive to be prestigious and the main way to do that is to potlatch, you tend to potlatch
@sarahdoingthing evidence? Seems like societies with prestige based on inherited land (wealth) were pretty unequal.
@imaginary_nums land is a special case - it fits in every layer (food production, wealth, prestige)
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