There is social class in the US, but that book Class by Fussell basically struck me as astrology. He makes a huge number of testable predictions and doesn't bother to test a single one. I'm not sure why people put so much stock in it.
There is social class in the US, but that book Class by Fussell basically struck me as astrology. He makes a huge number of testable predictions and doesn't bother to test a single one. I'm not sure why people put so much stock in it.
I think it’s important to read the book more as humor than as science.
He’s not trying to defend his hypothesis at a PhD thesis defense in front of a panel.
It’s more like he’s on the stage at a small TEDx talk. He’s not trying to offer proof for each statement, he’s trying to almost play stand up comedian keeping the crowd engaged.