How can you tell if someone is kind? Ask how rich they are

Re:How can you tell if someone is kind? Ask how rich they are by AvenueIngres on Saturday October 22, 2016 @11:59PM (#12771866)

Elites that are reproducing themselves but with "old" values so-to-speak, often they have a family history of doing the same job. They work hard to maintain their living standards.

To get a little more in details wrt to the demographics: I am thinking about lawyers, physicians or researchers which have assets >5 million who had to go through the grind of tough academic programs, highly competitive and skilled professions etc.

I am opposing this to rich heirs, actors, athletes, lottery winners, just-sold-my-pizza-app-startup etc. who like to show-off their recently acquired wealth. This is not a universal example obviously, there are outliers everywhere. Only talking about trends here.

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Re:How can you tell if someone is kind? Ask how rich they are by adrianratnapala on Sunday October 23, 2016 @04:02AM (#12772523)

You are describing people who are rich because they and their lineage belong to professions. That's a kind of modern aristocracy, and like most aristocracies they have good manners and obey a kind of noblesse oblige.

But also, most of the unequal laws and policies in a country are created to prop up the position of such people. E.g. house-price inflation helps only those who already own - or stand to inherit - houses.

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Re:How can you tell if someone is kind? Ask how rich they are by 1812calif on Sunday October 23, 2016 @02:53AM (#12772355)

old/new money suffices without an indicating your opinion whether people worked hard, or not.

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Re:How can you tell if someone is kind? Ask how rich they are by avar on Sunday October 23, 2016 @02:33AM (#12772311)

Rich athletes? It's literally true that they work hard for their money.

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