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I've lately been thinking it's about two identities, rural identity or urban. It seems these social identities are incredibly predictive of political behavior and are not necessarily tied to a place.

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I think you are right and it can be related to the culture split that I discussed. John Boswell makes a strong case for the "civilizing" affect of urban life throughout the past several thousand years. It looks at it through the frame of tolerance and intolerance, but it is clearly a condition of life that "never stops giving." I'm planning to write about this soon. It has to do with how we see and communicate with each other and the needs and incentives for communication. I'll try to have a go at it soon.

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If you don't know how to spell "McDonald's", which class does that make you?

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A careless upper lol

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