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Downstream: Social Mobility Is A Lie w/ Dan Evans

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The Petty Bourgeoise and the Politics of Porthcall

Porthcall is a town built on social mobility. It's this constant striving for status and a lot of status anxiety because people are terrified about sort of falling, falling down into the working class. And I think all those things I used to witness growing up around sort of small tradesmen, those things explain a lot of the power of modern conservatism.

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