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Description: So, the modern equivalent would of course be this. But, actually, there is a thing, just as there are Veblen goods, where the value of the good depends on it being expensive and rare -- there are opposite kind of things where actually the value in them depends on them being ubiquitous, classless and minimalistic.

Min Jin Lee

People often think of America as a classless society, but, of course, that isn't true. Within immigrant communities, there's an enormous distinction of class, depending on who your parents are, and that kind of thing comes out really quick in things like marriage and interpersonal relationships.

Korean Writer

Sharon Bolton

On the advice of my U.K. publishers, I chose a sexless anonymity and published my first five books under the semi-pseudonym, S. J. Bolton. I was happy. I could hide behind a genderless, classless persona and let my creepy, psychological murder-mysteries speak for themselves.

English Author

Tanushree Dutta

I simply avoid at all cost people I think are not good for me. So it's disgusting when uncouth, uneducated, dirty, downmarket, classless, characterless, perverted, degraded abominations like Rakhi Sawant claim to ever be friends with me.

Indian Model

Andrew Neil

The English are a tolerant bunch and, outside elements of the London elite, never much minded the rise of the Scottish Raj: after all, we were British, well-educated, reasonably cultivated and spoke with clear, classless accents.

British Journalist

Ernest Mandel

Otherwise we get off the track and we do not fulfil the historical role which we want to fulfil: to help the masses, the exploited and the oppressed of the world, build a classless society, a world socialist federation.

Belgian Author

Margo Jefferson

We have a myth of the classless society. You won't hear an American politician apart from Bernie Sanders talk about the working class. We are all middle class, apparently.

American Critic

Gaby Hoffmann

We lived in a classless society. We'd spend a summer at Gore Vidal's house in Italy, but we were on and off welfare.

American Actress

Sam Smith

There is a way to share an insight into your personal life without being classless, which is what I'm trying to do.

English Musician

Sade Adu

I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage.

Nigerian Musician

Ryan Tannehill

That's kind of a classless move to celebrate when a guy is injured.

American Athlete

Often used to describe a hopeful or idealistic view, not always achievable in real life.

Utopian Vision

Associated with historical movements for equality, like communism or socialism.

Historical Struggles

When discussing social issues, implies criticism of current class divisions.

Critical Context

Suggests behavior that is widely considered inappropriate or awkward.

Social Disapproval

What is deemed classless can vary greatly between different cultures.

Cultural Relativity

Suggests a flexible environment that fosters new ideas and creativity.

Innovation Friendly

Indicates a workplace where all employees are valued equally, without ranking.

Workplace Equality

Refers to a company or group with little to no levels of hierarchy.

Horizontal Organization

 So, the modern equivalent would of course be this. But, actually, there is a thing, just as there are Veblen goods, where the value of the good depends on it being expensive and rare -- there are opposite kind of things where actually the value in them depends on them being ubiquitous, classless and minimalistic.

Life lessons from an ad...

 was led by Cambodians who dreamed of making their nation a classless society of rice farmers. They opposed capitalist Western imperialism and sought to lead the country to self-sufficiency. But to the public, they mostly represented a force fighting the pro-American government.

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