LABR 3P06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Oligarchy, Speedstep, Order Of Merit
5 Feb 2017
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How much you make dictates how you dress, where you live, what you drive, etc. Social hierarchy that defines who people are and how they live their lives. Class structures are humane because reflect natural hierarchy. Class inequalities are a humane system because they believe that human kind has natural hierarchies within. Some people are natural leaders, some are natural followers, etc. Some people are naturally violent so having this hierarchy keeps the social order. Rule by the best/most virtuous in aristocracy. Class is inevitable, but can be made more humane. Impossible that humans in a society of a certain size and complexity can escape these classes. Class is inhumane, it is a social construct, and should be abolished. Differences in class do not represent differences in our abilities. Always possible to move to a classless society. Some believe it is only modern times that have allowed to move towards a classless society.
