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Social Mobility

J.D. Vance's views on social mobility and personal responsibility

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Jan 30, 2026

How has J.D. Vance described the impact of his Marine service in Hillbilly Elegy and other writings?

portrays his four years in the as a decisive turning point that converted aimlessness into purpose, taught practical adult skills, and supplied the discipline and networks that propelled him to colleg...

Jan 10, 2026

Give to me the ethnology of gentleman

The category "gentleman" began as a marker of birth and clan—derived from Latin gentilis and Old French gentilhomme—before evolving into a cultural ideal that blended lineage, martial role and, later,...