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| author | Matěj Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu> | 2016-10-19 11:47:42 +0200 |
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| committer | Matěj Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu> | 2016-10-19 11:47:42 +0200 |
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diff --git a/stating-the-obvious.rst b/stating-the-obvious.rst index a06b1c8..fc9fcae 100644 --- a/stating-the-obvious.rst +++ b/stating-the-obvious.rst @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ anxiety. In the society based on the tradition and class-based status, people on the bottom did not have to feel dishonored about their lot in the life, because it was just something given to them by God, destiny, etc. In the modernist society where the stratification is seemingly -based only on the merit, and success (mostly measured by the personal -income), suddenly people in the bottom are pressed to feel that it is +based only on the merit, and success is mostly measured by the personal +income, suddenly people in the bottom are pressed to feel that it is just their fault, thus the anxiety. There were times in the history of humankind when the idea of class, @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ status, and honor was complete foundation of all thinking. Dan Carlin in for personal status was something which lead to the fall of the Roman Republic (to some extent at least). Suddenly we don't talk about these things at all, and the only measure of personal status is the current -income. I don’t think however that not-talking about status, makes the -anxiety go away. +income. Non-talking about personal status hardly makes the anxiety go +away. .. _`Status Anxiety`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_Anxiety |