Posted by deirdrehbrt on November 28, 2003, at 23:56:56
In reply to and now for something painful, posted by Jai on November 28, 2003, at 8:30:08
Question: If a pariah calls a person a peasant, who is demeaning whom? I would tend to assume that all within a home are of the same class, unless, of course, one within that family finds a way to exit the class system entirely.
In that case, it is possible to move from upper, middle, or lower to the ubiquitous category X, but few can make that transition succesfully. I understand that most of them are Babblers, so you've got a fairly good chance. Check out the book "Class".
This transition has been my salvation. It has given me the opportunity to exit my abusive, proletarian, acolytiphile, upbringing, and exit the class system entirely. I can now look at those who looked down on me, and say with glee, "You're looking the wrong way". What's better, is that you can look at anybody, from any point of vantage. Oh bliss!
I bid you all... eXit the useless american caste system. Be ye prole, be ye upper, be ye pariah, whatever.... X is the answer.
So, um, what was the question? :-)
Dee.
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