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Instability of status and wealth that drives competition, self-control, cleanliness, achievement, and accumulation.
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middle-class anxiety
Instability of status and wealth that drives competition, self-control, cleanliness, achievement, and accumulation.
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Franklin’s simple living and constant achievement are reinterpreted as symptoms of middle-class anxiety: accumulation becomes the only defense against falling back into poverty.
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"...said last week the middle class is distinct because it creates anxiety uncertainty and competition within the lives of individuals. Okay anxiety comes from..."
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"...money. Okay you're back to being a poor person. This creates anxiety and uncertainty. Also because um status is not given but it must..."
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"...Why does he constantly want to achieve? It's because of the anxiety of being middle class. You're born poor you get you you earn..."
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America begins here as a cure for civilization: a clean-slate game built from Enlightenment rights, self-help, property, and fair rules.
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