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To: aconservaguy
"In fact, I think classes help promote individuality, more so than no classes would."

That is an illogical statement. If people group themselves according to class they just lost a part of their individuality. They are now a member of the herd.

28 posted on 08/03/2002 5:50:55 PM PDT by blackbart.223
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To: blackbart.223
That is an illogical statement. If people group themselves according to class they just lost a part of their individuality. They are now a member of the herd.

not necessarily: a person is a member of a "class"; it helps identify who that person is. In that sense, it promote individuality; and, even if it were true, how does one's "grouping" oneself in a class make one a part of the "herd"? Don't a person still have himself? And, what about the bonds built? Are there not advantages to acknowledging class, such as a sense of comraderie? Also, taken in the context of comparing "class" to "no class" society, i think it is an ok statement, in that a classeless society promotes the herd mentality more than a class society would, so a class society promotes individuality more than a classless society would.

30 posted on 08/03/2002 6:00:54 PM PDT by aconservaguy
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