Regarding the first half of this post, I have been waiting a long time for someone to make the point that people aren’t usually trying to climb a status ladder. Good arguments. I don’t think that people always need to claim that their sort of person is “great” though in order to feel good about themselves. They only need to feel that they are a good exemplar of their sort of person and that their sort of person isn’t too despised and isn’t loosing status.
Regarding the first half of this post, I have been waiting a long time for someone to make the point that people aren’t usually trying to climb a status ladder. Good arguments. I don’t think that people always need to claim that their sort of person is “great” though in order to feel good about themselves. They only need to feel that they are a good exemplar of their sort of person and that their sort of person isn’t too despised and isn’t loosing status.