Re:A New Aristocracy: Yale Law School Commencement Address (...
by Nasrudith on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @10:00AM
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The original context always struck me as regressive and it is no wonder it fell flat.
While meant to criticize the tri-tracked educational system as a potential given that the dystopia was a replacement for the class system even if bad it fails to make a case for it being worse than literal nobility and connections to posh schools and old money.
It falls utterly flat like calling Oliver Cromwell the first military dictator in England while ignoring the kings.
Self perpetuating in negative ways is certainly a problem (there is a vast difference between being ahead because your family taught you and being aheas because competing with you is illegal) but it needs to be taken in the context of the now. What is the alternative is the real question of importance.
While meant to criticize the tri-tracked educational system as a potential given that the dystopia was a replacement for the class system even if bad it fails to make a case for it being worse than literal nobility and connections to posh schools and old money.
It falls utterly flat like calling Oliver Cromwell the first military dictator in England while ignoring the kings.
Self perpetuating in negative ways is certainly a problem (there is a vast difference between being ahead because your family taught you and being aheas because competing with you is illegal) but it needs to be taken in the context of the now. What is the alternative is the real question of importance.