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Status Anxiety Pt. 2. (3 of 5)

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Status Anxiety discusses the desire of people in many modern societies to "climb the social ladder" and the anxieties that result from a focus on how one is perceived by others.

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  • Desperate-to-be-famous American Idol contestants come to mind while watching this, many thanks for this series.

  • but is the anxiety really worse? I think of the villages a century ago, back then the "status" or "pride" of an individual in the small society was really really important - maybe much more than now that everyone can "do what they want"

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  • @teamcrumb I guess all I was wondering about/trying to say two years ago was that anxiety about social status seems to have existed since people exist and seems to depend a lot on the individual (some people have more and some less of it). People are less bound by social rules nowadays in big cities than they were in the past in smaller societies, but certainly everyone's still full of anxiety and fear of not being good enough, I guess.

  • @teamcrumb nothing ugly about our head

  • @Renegen1 nope. and stop ughing at people's short comings

  • @shipcomesin who is only doing what they want to do that you know?

  • @670Kiester desperate for what we're all desperate for, a form of attention. why single any group of people out?

  • Ugh, wherever human tilts its ugly head, religion isn't far to follow. I guess you could compare Christianism during feudalism to the dominant political ideology of the day.

  • The mindset behind dueling is very similar to the mindset behind a lot of foreign policy of govts.

  • status is dependent on being observed and admired by the 'other,' otherwise status has no worth.... it requires 'position' and how one is positioned in comparison to others. social status means nothing to me or at least i make that effort. i desire to live in a big house, in a nice neighborhood for its comfort and aesthetic value, but i shun others in my nighborhood and position myself to be shunned, all in the name of not living up to status. i'm attracted to ppl that step-on & step-over status

  • In Florence in 1902 a literary man killed a cousin who accused him of not understanding Dante GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION IF YOU ASK ME

  • i would duel anyone who wants my dog! >:D

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