Status Obsessed
Whether achieved or ascribed -- this is the respect I get in my society.
My ability to make you do something.
What is Power?
The top of a stratified society is the...
What are Elites?
An unequal system, where folks are ranked by social status.
What is Social Hierarchy?
In this sort of society, you get respect by giving stuff away.
What is a Rank Society?
The official position I have that gives me the right to make you do something.
What is Authority?
Meanwhile, toiling at the bottom...or at least trying to pay that Entergy bill, we have the...
What are Commoners?
If Atlanta and its suburbs, was a country, it would be a...
What is a City State?
This is where you fit.
These are your rights.
This is what we expect from you.
What is your Social Status?
When you've got too much.
What is surplus?
King + Queen = future King or Queen is an example of...
What is Hereditary Status?
When an individual, or small group of people, with power and status run the place, we call it a...
What is a state society?
I am a NOCCA student. I earned my spot at the school by an audition.
Cars, jewels, land, gems, furniture, land, clothes, stuff, LAND
What is Wealth?
A pyramid, with the top occupied by a small group, and power spreading to the base.
What is a Stratified Society?
The rules for running things in a society
What is a political system?
I am an American. I enjoy the privilege of living in the richest, most powerful country in the world just because I was born here.
What is Ascribed Status?
I make pots.
I make rugs.
I make video games.
That make sense?
What is Specialization?
A president has this.
So does a judge.
So does a teacher.
What is Legitimacy?
Almost every nation in the world has lots of land and defined borders; in other words, they are...
What are Territorial states?