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Re:Just Be Rich by gumby on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @10:11AM (#26792360)

> Because at least old money understands the concept of noblesse oblige.

Sounds like it was written by someone who didn't grow up around "old money".

There's plenty of statistical literature on this myth.

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Re:Just Be Rich by greyhound on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @10:27AM (#26792582)

I didn't even realize that there was a myth like that.

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Re:Just Be Rich by gumby on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @12:06PM (#26794343)

It's been a very important myth for a very long time as it helps (to some degree) reduce the impetus to decapitate the aristocracy. Hundreds of years old in the west, thousands in China.

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