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Say Conscientiousness is about being organized and dependable. Would you say that higher social strata exhibit these characteristics, more so than in the lower
by agilebyte 12y ago
Say Conscientiousness is about being organized and dependable. Would you say that higher social strata exhibit these characteristics, more so than in the lower echelons, even in UK?
- arethuza 12y agoWell, I've never met someone from the upper class (i.e. aristocracy) - but I wouldn't say "organized and dependable" are the first words that come to mind when thinking about aristocrats.... :-) Actually, one notable example of viewing the working class as "organized and dependable" is Sam from Lord of the Rings - who is based on Tolkien's batmen from when he served on the Western Front as an officer (being middle class he was naturally an officer): “My ‘Sam Gamgee’ is indeed a reflexion of the English soldier, of the privates and batmen I knew in the 1914 war, and recognized as so far superior to myself.” https://johngarth.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/sam-gamgee-and-tolkiens-batmen/ https://johngarth.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/sam-gamgee-and-to...