18 June

Such a decent guy. But this is the common misunderstanding, and why I talk about status all the time. Firstly that the community will rise up in some way. And secondly that 'vested interests' will motivate them to do it. Like inequality will outrage them so much that they'll rise up in some revolutionary way. Has never happened, the US has lived that delusion for over 250 years. 'The people' want to BE the high status people, the vested interests, themselves. Why conservatives target 'aspiration' in their response. And win. You need to make somebody else appeal to that craving for status the way Pauline does. This is also patronising to those of low status. They HATE being thought of as poor and downtrodden. It makes them seem like the 'scabs' of society. Basic psychology.