What changes to the cooperative form would have - if not eliminated - but at least dampened destructive logics? In business schools the world over they would argue for multi-stakeholder control - so both employees, farmers and consumers in the governing body of the company.

But did it delay land and wealth concentration or did Denmark develop similarly to other countries?

There’s a nice collection here
www.boredpanda.com/ugly-renaiss...

I love it! With low status differences people just become random and idiosyncratic live your life types :-)

I agree it is difficult to distinguish at the individual level. But "sour grapes" could be more common in less dynamic status markets. So if inequality is high and chances of social mobility is low then people are more likely to adapt and resign than in more egalitarian or dynamic situations?

Interesting! People could agree on a status hierarchy and not be status seeking because they think that they do not stand a chance to achieve that status. I understand that the King has higher status than me - and I know that it is unattainable. But that is likely compatible with your argument.

Antipolitical sentiment in the working class is not least a symptom of class demobilization. For our German case, we document a steep decline of working class organization, mobilization, political and discursive representation. Others have noted very similar trends across rich democracies.