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0 pointsgatehouse11y ago0 comments

Side question: in what sense are you saying Ivy league is like a potlatch? Song-and-dance-and-reciprocity? Or conspicuous gift-giving (like "purity potlatch")? Or slave exchange?

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rwallace11y ago

Signaling relative status by the destruction of valuable resources.

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0 pointsgatehouse11y ago0 comments

Side question: in what sense are you saying Ivy league is like a potlatch? Song-and-dance-and-reciprocity? Or conspicuous gift-giving (like "purity potlatch")? Or slave exchange?

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rwallace11y ago

Signaling relative status by the destruction of valuable resources.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse