Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Economic, social and cultural dimensions for class

Going slightly against the thesis that there are in fact three dimensions to class differences, it is to be observed that the elites should be further divided by how they use their wealth or in other words - what financial mechanics and  means-of-capital do they employ. For example to garner extra social capital the cultural elite can participate in protests against war. While the social-economic elites can make further economic gains by supporting conflicts and warmongering. As these are exactly opposite to each other we can see that the elites must contain different groups. It is also possible that one group works as a mask for the other, the shadow is masked by the cultural elite (Bono and Lennon, et al).

Another issue is the class of technical middle class that is in "social apathy" while some might have in their disposal large tools of social manipulation. For example Edward Bernays. In his book Propaganda he says "We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Do they have social capital or not?

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