On 10 Dec 2009 at 21:45, [email protected] wrote: > [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
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