A few years ago now, I promoted the idea of platters- ecosystems of exchange, both of the pecuniary nature and voluntary exchange. People tend to cluster with those they like and do most of their business, both personal and commercial, within their area of the world. Think of the pickup drivers who work at building sites living geographically close to the Tesla drivers who make a living through a computer terminal, but never do their paths cross. They maneuver through different platters.
This is, however, a different structure from institutional orientation. Consider now that the institutional orientation under review was aimed at preserving the environment. You might say, well, look, clearly the Tesla drivers are in that camp and not the pick-up drivers. But you might be caught off guard. The tradesfolk often are into their weekend excursions to hunt and fish. And with this goal in mind, we are willing to back environmental preservation with resources.
So on the one hand, one can analyze a group by income level, or type of profession, or stage in life. But this can be different than making a stake at a institutional orientation where the defining lens of analysis is a group goal.
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