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Comment by bitmasher9

15 hours ago

He’s already escaped the permanent underclass.

Meaning it's not permanent.

  • The idea is that it becomes permanent in the future.

    • The more abstract the “wealth” becomes the less it means in practical terms. The class dynamics around money mostly has to do with the State actively preserving and protecting claims over assets. If that same wealth becomes sufficiently concentrated with an overclass that it leeches away the competence and legitimacy of the State, then the underclass has other means of correcting the gap and establishing a more sustainable equilibrium.