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val70 · 51-55
One could argue that the Italians during the Renaissance were indeed much more inclined to view others through the lens of achievement than anything else but that means going back to an age when about ninety procent of people had a craft and were judged on the marketplace to what standard their produce would be something worthy
TangledUpInBlue · F
@val70 do you think that identity has replaced achievement?
val70 · 51-55
@TangledUpInBlue Eventually. It didn't use to be that people were identified by the actual features that they have. Once Ancient Rome had just the Roman citizenship and then any features were not even socially obvious. A blond slave in a household of a black family was because of what that family achieved