So this is a write-up of discussion points brought up at a meetup, it’s not intended to be a comprehensive overview about every single thing about social class.
That being said, we did go into Marxist theory a little, but mostly to talk about how it’s now pretty common to be wealthy without owning any productive capital, whether or not actors and athletes can be said to own any productive capital, and the new kerfuffle surrounding California’s new bill to allow college athletes to earn an income.
Ah, I see the brief mention of that at the top of the post. I think reporting on discussion points at meetups is a thing I want to see more of, but am not sure whether it’s something that could use some kinda of standardized metadata to make it clearer what the context is.
So this is a write-up of discussion points brought up at a meetup, it’s not intended to be a comprehensive overview about every single thing about social class.
Okay… but it still seems like a surprising omission. I’m only familiar with two concepts of class, the somewhat vacuous American one where everyone is middle class (which you seem to be criticizing) and the Marxist one.
it’s now pretty common to be wealthy without owning any productive capital
I would have thought almost all wealthy people own either stocks or real estate… what do you mean by this?
So this is a write-up of discussion points brought up at a meetup, it’s not intended to be a comprehensive overview about every single thing about social class.
That being said, we did go into Marxist theory a little, but mostly to talk about how it’s now pretty common to be wealthy without owning any productive capital, whether or not actors and athletes can be said to own any productive capital, and the new kerfuffle surrounding California’s new bill to allow college athletes to earn an income.
Ah, I see the brief mention of that at the top of the post. I think reporting on discussion points at meetups is a thing I want to see more of, but am not sure whether it’s something that could use some kinda of standardized metadata to make it clearer what the context is.
Okay… but it still seems like a surprising omission. I’m only familiar with two concepts of class, the somewhat vacuous American one where everyone is middle class (which you seem to be criticizing) and the Marxist one.
I would have thought almost all wealthy people own either stocks or real estate… what do you mean by this?