I said that politeness has always been a tool of the ruling class.
Do you think I was saying that no one can be successful in life unless they were born into the ruling class? I was certainly not.
Marie Antoinette was born into the ruling class. She was unfailingly polite. She was not successful. Nothing about her life was successful.
Jean-Paul Marat was not born into the ruling class. He was not polite. He was aggressive and abrasive. He was very successful, until he wasn't anymore.
Not according to what you just said, no.
I said that politeness has always been a tool of the ruling class.
Do you think I was saying that no one can be successful in life unless they were born into the ruling class? I was certainly not.
Marie Antoinette was born into the ruling class. She was unfailingly polite. She was not successful. Nothing about her life was successful.
Jean-Paul Marat was not born into the ruling class. He was not polite. He was aggressive and abrasive. He was very successful, until he wasn't anymore.