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is this what a "power bottom" means

aesthetics peaked with late 80s / early 90s Lego catalogues

@theruran @vortex_egg @Anarkat the liberalised idea of university improving society is social mobility: the poors should be allowed to learn how to act like their social betters.

i’ve worded that hyperbolically to highlight what i think is wrong with the premise

@theruran @vortex_egg @Anarkat in my ideal society, of course everyone should have access to this stuff, but it shouldn’t be a prerequisite to being treested with respect as a human being, which it too often is.

@theruran @vortex_egg @Anarkat the idea of university being offered to everyone is a very recent experiment, one that has resulted in a shift in the understood meaning of university- and a rebellion amongst upper class conservatives who are upset about the poors being allowed near their children, or, variously, a deliberate attempt to rebrand university as job training to justify the slashing of arts eduxation

@theruran @vortex_egg @Anarkat

the premise of university is more along the lines of class signifier training. it’s for learning how to act, talk, move like your socioeconomic peers so that you are able to recognise esch other at parties, job interviews, doctor’s offices. if society improves as a result, it’s like sn unintended side effect. or rather, towards the ideal levels of stratification.