The blame was the industry that took their land
        
             
        
        
        
Anecdote is an amusing story regarding a certain individual.
Anecdote couldn't bring us closer to the truth because the way individuals perceive our situation is extremely different from one another.
For example, when facing a similar circumtances (like getting fired from the job) , two people could had two different anecdotes. One of them might thinnk that he/she has been treated unfairly for example while the other believe that they got what they deserve.
        
             
        
        
        
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In it, he invoked the principles of human equality contained in the Declaration of Independence and connected the sacrifices of the Civil War with the desire for “a new birth of freedom,” as well as the all-important preservation of the Union created in 1776 and its ideal of self-government.
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Answer: Lenski would note that Richard’s high income but low occupational prestige demonstrates a condition of STATUS INCONSISTENCY. 
Explanation: As the word inconsistency means an incompatibility between two propositions. Status inconsistency is defined as a situation whereby an individual's social position is incompatible with their social status. An example is given in the question, a janitor usually is associated with low pay. When a janitor is associated with high pay, it is termed status inconsistency. Because the social position is not compatible with the social standard. 
When individuals experience status inconsistency, their likely choice of behaviiur is to claim the higher status.