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American Class & The Jungle

American Class & The Jungle

Some cultural geographics & review of terminology.

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Michael David Cobb Bowen
Sep 04, 2022
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In my Peasant Theory, which is a functional class framework, there are only three. 85% of us are Peasants, a few of us are Geniuses, and a tiny set are Rulers. But this is not how Americans like to think about material income class, because we like leagues and meritocracy, which we should. So don’t think of the those as replacements, but overlays.

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