FiftyTwo comments on Rationality Quotes December 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: FiftyTwo 20 December 2011 02:28:35AM 2 points [-]

Someone, (whose identity I can't recall, some commentator or comedian) said that the British have class in the same way Americans have race.

Not sure how true that is, but a middle class Indian person probably has more in common with a middle class white person in the UK.

Comment author: Prismattic 20 December 2011 03:22:52AM 2 points [-]

For a historical perspective, take a look at John C. Calhoun's statements on the need for racial hierarchy precisely to avoid the rise of class divisions among white Americans.