This analysis is shallow because it fails to connect status competition among people to the larger games we play. Society processes raw materials in order to p

This analysis is shallow because it fails to connect status competition among people to the larger games we play. Society processes raw materials in order to produce goods and services which generate security for people. Ultimately all status games between people relate back to some aspect of the systems that support society. Are you good at resource extraction? Are too many resources or the wrong resources being extracted? One might be a great parent but a terrible cook or the other way around. What exactly that means and is worth depends on the context and the people. This is one of the reasons that the great divide is so brutal. One side is competing based on openness, exploration, and understanding while another is identifying authority based on measures of sanctity and staying loyal to what they find is true.