What is the most significant physical manifestation of social status? Why?
The question is about an individual not a nation.
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September 10th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
The Great Wall of China or the Pyramids. Every corpse you use to create a tourist attraction = one more point towards ultimate social status. Stalin and Hitler don’t count because they didn’t leave anything of longevity. Raw corpse count is meaningless without the edifice to be remembered for.
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September 10th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
economic boom!
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September 10th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
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September 10th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Social status is defined by the culture. Different cultures have different definitions of social status and its external signs. Ancient northwestern coastal Native American tribes conferred social status upon the individual who could afford to give away the most personal possessions while modern American society confers high social status upon those who acquire and keep the most personal possessions. Go figure.
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