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Category Archives: Class
The Moral Anxiety Of The Middle Class
The classic account comes from sociologists like Norbert Elias and later Barbara Ehrenreich, whose book Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class argues that the middle class, unlike the upper class, holds its position entirely through behavior, … Continue reading
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THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO SEE THIS!! THE 2026 IRAN WAR PLAN LEAKED!!!
Gemini says: The classification of YouTube video titles on current events relies on Status Signaling Theory and Alliance Theory. In the jurisdictional wars of the attention economy, high-status actors use language to signal institutional authority and detachment, while low-status actors … Continue reading
A Modest Proposal For Republicans: Use The Word “Class”
Scott Alexander writes: * Pivot from mindless populist rage to a thoughtful campaign to fight classism. * Trump stood against the upper class. He might define them as: people who live in nice apartments in Manhattan or SF or DC … Continue reading
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Paul Fussell’s “Class: A Guide Through The American Status System”
Scott Alexander writes: 1. Anything artificial is lower-class, anything natural or organic (derived from a living thing) is higher-class. The most prole piece of furniture is “folding chairs made of aluminum tubing with bright-green plastic-mesh webbing”. The most prole fabrics … Continue reading
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The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class
Elizabeth Currid-Halkett wrote in 2017: * In the 1920s, Muriel Bristol attended a summer’s afternoon tea party in Cambridge, UK. A number of professors and their spouses were also in attendance. On this particular occasion, the host poured Bristol a … Continue reading
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Social Class Anxiety
I’m curious about markers for social class in the United States. What I am not talking about is money. I know there are rich and poor. I’m interested in figuring out behavior and cataloguing it as low class, middle class … Continue reading
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