Week #10 Commentary
a.
*. It is pretty interesting that tradition labor is felt to be debasing across the history, and it is never changed.
*. Since the age of ancient Greek, people always think that those people who are better than normal people must have leisure.
*. The society is divided into two class, honorable upper class formed by strong men and lower class formed by ignoble women. Women are restricted to use high price goods like intoxicating beverages and narcotics.
b.
*. What is the penalty for base class to use those restricted goods?
*. Why cannot lower class have the same thing that higher class has if they have enough money from hardworking?
*. How come are the duties of ownership and administration virtually untouched?
c.
Leisure class is differ from working labor, people in leisure class has leisure time to spend with, and lower class must work in order to earn money and reputation, and then prove it. Leisure living is the best prove of wealth and power. Strong men look down on working labor and formed leisure class, the most obvious characteristic is they never participate in practical activities. Leisure class has higher social level and can enjoy alcohol and narcotics which are not allowed to be consumed by lower class. What people consume represents their social status.
*. It is pretty interesting that tradition labor is felt to be debasing across the history, and it is never changed.
*. Since the age of ancient Greek, people always think that those people who are better than normal people must have leisure.
*. The society is divided into two class, honorable upper class formed by strong men and lower class formed by ignoble women. Women are restricted to use high price goods like intoxicating beverages and narcotics.
b.
*. What is the penalty for base class to use those restricted goods?
*. Why cannot lower class have the same thing that higher class has if they have enough money from hardworking?
*. How come are the duties of ownership and administration virtually untouched?
c.
Leisure class is differ from working labor, people in leisure class has leisure time to spend with, and lower class must work in order to earn money and reputation, and then prove it. Leisure living is the best prove of wealth and power. Strong men look down on working labor and formed leisure class, the most obvious characteristic is they never participate in practical activities. Leisure class has higher social level and can enjoy alcohol and narcotics which are not allowed to be consumed by lower class. What people consume represents their social status.
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