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    Communication premised on the less educated adopting elit... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The cultivation of common standards of taste in a society can be conducive to the discovery of the art of reciprocal communication between the educated and the less educated.

    Communication premised on the less educated adopting elite standards reproduces hierarchy rather than transcending it.

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    • 1.Standard-setting power itself is a form of social hierarchy; requiring adoption rather than negotiation preserves that asymmetry.
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    • 2.When less educated groups must change to be 'heard,' their perspectives and knowledge systems are implicitly devalued as inferior.
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    • 3.True transcendence of hierarchy requires mutual adaptation, not unidirectional conformity to pre-existing elite norms.
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    • 1.Shared communication standards enable mutual understanding across groups; denying them isolates communities and prevents coalition-building.
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    • 2.Literacy and rhetorical skill are neutral tools; mastering them increases agency and opportunity regardless of whose standards they represent.
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    • 3.Distinction between 'adopting standards' and 'learning skills' matters—acquiring competence isn't the same as surrendering identity.
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