Thursday, April 24, 2014

the aragon-carnsworth social power index

by cathy aragon and dylan carnsworth

illustrations courtesy of penmarq studios






here is a means of calculating a social power index of individuals in today's world, using factors of wealth, fame, gender, sexuality, race and religion.

the numbers indicated are factors to be multiplied, not points to be added together. the highest possible index score is 6000. lowest possible score is 1.

this index might be useful after the revolution in determining what persons should be be imprisoned or sent to re-educational facilities.

wealth:

5 - rich: over 2 billion usd
4 - upper middle class: 10 million - 2 billion
3 - middle class: 50,000 - 10,000,000
2 - lower middle class: less than 50,000 but not homeless
1 - homeless

fame:

5 - talk show host (active)
4 - talk show host (former)
4 - own reality tv show
3 - president of usa or russia, present or former
3 - movie star (leading role in 3 or more hollywood produced and distributed films)
2 - recording artist (minimum 10 million total sales)
2 - model (cover of vogue 2 or more times)
2 - professional athlete (minimum earnings 7 million annual)
1 - all other

gender:

3 - male
2 - female
1 - transgender

sexuality

4 - hetero
3 - asexual
2 - bi
1 - gay

race:

4 - white
3 - asian
2 - hispanic, native american, pacific island
1 - black

religion:

5 - christian
4 - other "established" religion (tax-exempt in usa)
3 - non "established" religion
2 - no religion
1 - atheist

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how would you rate this?

a) excellent - a potentially useful tool

b) needs work

c) might have been relevant 25 or 50 years ago, but is obsolete

d) pretty crude

e) totally idiotic




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