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The whole idea of social class is so disgusting and dehumanising that whilst I think it's important to talk about Social Mobility and how we can improve that -
by 12ian34 5y ago
The whole idea of social class is so disgusting and dehumanising that whilst I think it's important to talk about Social Mobility and how we can improve that - I wish people would stop self-classifying and talking about classes like they actually exist. To me, the whole idea of classes revolves around the gatekeeping of opportunity by (generally) the most fortunate. I always refuse to classify myself. Aside from demographic studies by governments to improve social mobility, what good can it do the world to know the class of an individual?
- zardo 5y ago> Aside from demographic studies by governments to improve social mobility, what good can it do the world to know the class of an individual? In large part, government decision makers are made up of people from dominant classes. They can hardly be relied upon to improve social mobility, as it's people like them who stand to lose from increased social mobility. An oppressed class that doesn't recognize itself can't organize as a class to combat that oppression.