I would buy the claim that Finland is more status-flat than other cultures. I suspect the perception is also affected by ‘bubbling,’ in the sense of people looking at the local status landscape and saying “it looks flat to me here.” Yes, but that could be because your eye stops at the hills and valleys; your friends being all comparable status is both predicted by everyone being roughly equal status and people preferentially befriending people at roughly the same status.
your friends being all comparable status is both predicted by everyone being roughly equal status and people preferentially befriending people at roughly the same status.
I would buy the claim that Finland is more status-flat than other cultures. I suspect the perception is also affected by ‘bubbling,’ in the sense of people looking at the local status landscape and saying “it looks flat to me here.” Yes, but that could be because your eye stops at the hills and valleys; your friends being all comparable status is both predicted by everyone being roughly equal status and people preferentially befriending people at roughly the same status.
That sounds correct.