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bemildred

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3. The "failure" of the poor bolsters their own illusions of "success".

Reply to chervilant (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 02:52 PM

Dec 2014

That's one reason the ostentatious rich like servants, minions, and an entourage, it gives them people to feel superior to, exploit, and order around. And part of the reason they so love to screw the people who work for them. The theater of class and wealth display. Very satisfying I suppose if you like that sort of thing.

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