In the Phildelphia Story, Tracy is unable to recall what happened between her and Mike the night before, because she had been so drunk that she passed out. She is relieved to learn that Mike had carried her to her bedroom, deposited her on her bed, and departed, but worries about why he had been so gallant, Was I unattractive, so distant, so forbidding, or something? she asks. That wasnt the problem, Mike replied. You were a little the worse--or better--for wine, and there are rules about that. Mike was observing the code. Codes of behavior exist in every nook of society, and they are powerful determinants of social order within a nook. The elite had a code. The difference between the elites code and the others is the breath of its influence. The state of white America, 1960-2010 Coming apart Charles Murray.
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