... [T]he horizontal schism ["between geographically intermingled but socially segregated classes"] of a society along lines of class is not only peculiar to civilizations [as opposed to primitive societies] but is also a phenomenon which appears at the moment of their breakdowns ...
From How Do I Stop My Garden Hose From Leaking? at Backyard Boss:
Occasionally a leaky hose might be as simple as a loose connection at the faucet that is easily remedied with a quick turn of the joint. But more often than not, once something begins to leak, if a tightening of the hose connection at the spigot head doesn’t solve the problem, or if the leak is found elsewhere, there is a good chance it will get worse. The most common reason for joint or spout leakage is due to a breakdown of the connection ...
So maybe, if you're fiddling with your hose and suddenly it starts to leak, maybe you caused the breakdown of the connection by fiddling.
And maybe, if you're fiddling with economic policy and it doesn't reduce or eliminate the schism along lines of class, maybe you didn't fix the problem.
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The Toynbee link above is broken.
Here's a link to the abridged version of Toynbee's Study:
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.28825/page/n387/mode/2up
The quote, on page 365, is as follows:
"On the other hand, the horizontal schism of a society along lines of class is not only peculiar to civilizations but is also a phenomenon which appears at the moment of their breakdowns and which is a distinctive mark of the periods of breakdown and disintegration, by contrast with its absence during the phases of genesis and growth."
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