Comments on: Another volley in the battle of the anthropologists http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/anthropologists/ A discussion of geopolitics, broadly defined, from an American's perspective. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:52:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: judasnoose http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/anthropologists/#comment-4082 judasnoose Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:17:08 +0000 http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/?p=246#comment-4082 "her major objections are lost amidst the trivial ones, giving an overall impression of “ankle-biting.” One example: (#6) Social scientists earn “$300,000″ a year - Overstated. This is true only if hazard pay, overtime, and danger pay are included. The base salary is a low six figures." Americans have few taboos about sex but many taboos about money. It's not surprising she sees the difference between 100,000 and 300,000 as significant. As for ankle-biting - Americans are litigious. High-social-class Americans usually keep their positions by rules and laws and codicils. It's not ankle-biting, it's lawsuit-culture, in my opinion. “her major objections are lost amidst the trivial ones, giving an overall impression of “ankle-biting.” One example:

(#6) Social scientists earn “$300,000″ a year - Overstated. This is true only if hazard pay, overtime, and danger pay are included. The base salary is a low six figures.”

Americans have few taboos about sex but many taboos about money. It’s not surprising she sees the difference between 100,000 and 300,000 as significant.

As for ankle-biting - Americans are litigious. High-social-class Americans usually keep their positions by rules and laws and codicils. It’s not ankle-biting, it’s lawsuit-culture, in my opinion.

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