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Though there's no word for it here, this is also how the poor in the US get things done. Where the middle class become insular, and simply buys someone's time t
by TheRealDunkirk 8y ago
Though there's no word for it here, this is also how the poor in the US get things done. Where the middle class become insular, and simply buys someone's time to do things they don't want to do, the poor trade favors with a large network of contacts to do the things that they need to get done.
- gaius 8y agopoor trade favors with a large network of contacts to do the things that they need to get done This happens in rural Ireland too. I was visiting friends there, we started in the morning with fenceposts and sardines and 4 or 5 trades later by the evening we had a turkey.
- sangnoir 8y agoIn the UK it's known as the "Old-boy network" between former students of all-male elite schools (Eton being the most prominent). In the US, I'm guessing the closest is frat-bros?
- walshemj 8y agoThe right frats and societies at the right university's I would imagine.
- TACIXAT 8y agoMy SO and I were discussing her former boss who was an amazing people person. She would flatter people and curry favor, but it totally worked. It was hard not to like her because she was so good at it. Bringing those skills of building connections and favor up into the business world seems highly effective.