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Class Quotes by David Riesman
- It is no longer clear which way is up even if one wants to rise.
- Men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.
- There has been a change in heroes within the working-class community
- The closest thing we have to the traditional ideology of the leisure class is a group of artists and intellectuals who regard their work as…
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