Thank you Josh. Look forward to your piece on this. What I'm writing here is mostly by way of a thought experiment. It is possible that the "new aristocracy" as worked out through education isn't really equivalent to the "old aristocracy" as worked out above all through blood. Where the analogy gets thin is, as you point out, in the sens…
Thank you Josh. Look forward to your piece on this. What I'm writing here is mostly by way of a thought experiment. It is possible that the "new aristocracy" as worked out through education isn't really equivalent to the "old aristocracy" as worked out above all through blood. Where the analogy gets thin is, as you point out, in the sense of security - "new aristocrats" have nowhere near the security that old-fashioned landowners did.
It's a good thought experiment. I hope I didn't imply that you or David had insulted me! Poor choice of words, perhaps. Part of what I'm wondering about in tomorrow's essay is whether college is really transformative in the way it once was or whether it now just turns us into more of what we were at the start...
Thank you Josh. Look forward to your piece on this. What I'm writing here is mostly by way of a thought experiment. It is possible that the "new aristocracy" as worked out through education isn't really equivalent to the "old aristocracy" as worked out above all through blood. Where the analogy gets thin is, as you point out, in the sense of security - "new aristocrats" have nowhere near the security that old-fashioned landowners did.
It's a good thought experiment. I hope I didn't imply that you or David had insulted me! Poor choice of words, perhaps. Part of what I'm wondering about in tomorrow's essay is whether college is really transformative in the way it once was or whether it now just turns us into more of what we were at the start...