Epochs of Social Classes
Groups of each type of people make up the social classes in society. Sarkar simplifies society into four classes, divided by inherent traits:
- Warriors defend the nation and keep the peace;
- Intellectuals develop our ideas about the world, in the form of religion, art, law and new inventions;
- Acquisitors manage the practical aspects of life, including farms, factories, financial institutions and stores;
- Laborers do the routine work, waiting tables, collecting trash, and other low-tech, low skill jobs.
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“The great epochs of our lives occur when we gain the courage to rechristen what is evil in us as what is best.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“There are lone figures armed only with ideas, sometimes with just one idea, who blast away whole epochs in which we are enwrapped like mummies. Some are powerful enough to resurrect the dead. Some steal on us unawares and put a spell over us which it takes centuries to throw off. Some put a curse on us, for our stupidity and inertia, and then it seems as if God himself were unable to lift it.”
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