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It was always that way. It used to be that nobility lived the good life at the expense of the peasants. Now we have replaced nobility with educated office work
by Ididntdothis 6y ago
It was always that way. It used to be that nobility lived the good life at the expense of the peasants. Now we have replaced nobility with educated office workers. And the system is set up that if you are part of the top x percent you will never have to see how the bottom lives. They are well hidden.
- pacala 6y agoNot at this scale. Not at the scale where the nobility lives in NYC/SF/Shanghai and the peasants live in a different state or even overseas.
- Ididntdothis 6y agoThere are plenty of peasants in the places you mentioned. You just don’t see them. Who do you think provides all the basic services?
- pacala 6y agoCorrect. The point is that the peasant mass center, so to speak, is today more distant that it's ever been.
- Ididntdothis 6y agoWhy do you think it’s different now? The wealthy have always lived in a few places from where they could dominate the whole country.