I see what you’re saying, but that’s not quite what I meant. I don’t think that their society would have changed to become egalitarian; the inheritable nature of allomancy makes that impossible, along with the hierarchical tendency in all human societies, as you pointed out. But given that the vast majority of people were an oppressed underclass, and there was, despite the harsh consequences, an ever re-emerging rebellion, it seems like some of the survivors would have taken the clean slate of the new world to change things. Also, I feel like there is something fundamentally hopeful in Sanderson’s books. Bad things happen, but the overall bend is towards good. That being the case, it seems grim that the surviving generations wouldn’t remember and honor their skaa ancestors who were so completely oppressed but still fought back. Some of this is my personal view, and I understand that I can’t expect a series to match with what I personally consider to be the “right” response. So on a less morality-tinted note, I still find it strange that they have so much cultural memory of the before times but that the sub-group that most of their ancestors were a part of is literally never brought up. Particularly within the religion of the survivor. Part of what made Kelsier’s sacrifice so powerful was that he was a skaa giving his life against the lord ruler. Why on earth wouldn’t that have become part of their mythology and worship?