[Craig, previously] > 1) Does the "ruling class" protect its members against others? > 2) Is there less diversity of opinion on controversial issues among the > "ruling > class" than other classes?
[Arlo] > I could make the argument (and be correct) that the answers "no and no" also > applied to the aristocracies of Medieval Europe, but its quite plain they > were > a "ruling class". Back to your history books. Medieval Europe was a time when the "ruling class" had balls. (If you count, as I do, Queen Elizabeth I). You either accepted the divine right of kings or you accepted living in the Tower. Royalty & the Church were rigidly controlled & controlling. India's caste system was an even better model. None of this social mobility that exists nowdays. Today we have a namby-pamby excuse for a "ruling class". Harvard & Stanford accept students from all social classes. If you can't afford it, they let you attend for FREE! Craig Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
