That bell curve pic, with the retard and the supergenius coming to the same conclusion and the midwit soyjak in the center, gets more and more relevant each day.
Maybe this is why historically the middle class wasn't really a thing. No one could stand them, while the peasantry and the aristocracy were at least on the same page. Probably just incorrect speculation on my part, but it made me smile.
Both the peasentry and nobility had a pretty hard, brutal understanding of thier role in the world; while the entire 'nobilise oblige' bullshit is in part just good PR, the life of nobility wasn't exactly sunshine and lollipops given the pressures most would suffer under. Whereas the peasentry would have a good grasp on just how tenuous life could be, and what risk were prevalent even in thier day to day life.
The middleclass, by comparison, requires a horde of artificial requirements to even exist; a mixture of city-focus combined with the need for hyper-specialized roles that were often small by comparison.
They expect us to be as dumb as they think we are. After all, they went to Higher Education and received Credentials, so they Know Better.
Ignoring that a lot of us are credentialed from higher education too. And we probably have a more difficult degree and got better grades.
That bell curve pic, with the retard and the supergenius coming to the same conclusion and the midwit soyjak in the center, gets more and more relevant each day.
Maybe this is why historically the middle class wasn't really a thing. No one could stand them, while the peasantry and the aristocracy were at least on the same page. Probably just incorrect speculation on my part, but it made me smile.
Both the peasentry and nobility had a pretty hard, brutal understanding of thier role in the world; while the entire 'nobilise oblige' bullshit is in part just good PR, the life of nobility wasn't exactly sunshine and lollipops given the pressures most would suffer under. Whereas the peasentry would have a good grasp on just how tenuous life could be, and what risk were prevalent even in thier day to day life.
The middleclass, by comparison, requires a horde of artificial requirements to even exist; a mixture of city-focus combined with the need for hyper-specialized roles that were often small by comparison.
...shit, you may be on to something.