tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post5728958229035596255..comments2023-03-31T10:03:38.525+01:00Comments on Shelley's House: Part XXXII - The Leisure Class and ConservatismShelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-14891228693637250932013-03-27T10:05:37.969+00:002013-03-27T10:05:37.969+00:00Beryl - I gather Seattle would be quite a contrast...Beryl - I gather Seattle would be quite a contrast! I don't think it's just about politics, though. People who don't ever travel outside their own culture seem to have that fish-in-water thinking too. If you've never met anything different, you don't know there is anything different.<br /><br /><br />Susan - I suspect there are more people who live on investment income than we know. They don't all announce it loudly. I don't know much about modern class systems, but I suspect that if a person actually belongs in Veblen's Leisure Class these days, they work out of choice, not from need. The main thing I think that has changed is society's attitude to work...and that attitude isn't changed quite as much here in Britain as it is in the US.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-39664176229870853602013-03-25T23:06:31.734+00:002013-03-25T23:06:31.734+00:00"I can remember when I was young thinking tha..."I can remember when I was young thinking that an institution was a large building." I did too!<br /><br />This description of conservatism -- yours and Veblen's -- sounds right to me, expect that I don't think everyone in this category is able to avoid working for money. Not in this day and age.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711792521348799922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-60860050405905283622013-03-22T17:08:50.992+00:002013-03-22T17:08:50.992+00:00Moving to Oklahoma from Seattle was pretty strange...Moving to Oklahoma from Seattle was pretty strange for us, too. So I read your comment about "asking a fish to describe water" to my husband. How funny! (But true, of course.) We are still laughing!Berylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08386043271411304736noreply@blogger.com