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Re:Why Affluent Parents Put So Much Pressure on Their Kids by darepublic on Sunday July 04, 2021 @10:12PM (#27734128)
> I prefer a society where everyone have min well being and better off people have some luxuries

^ people will still fight tooth and nail for the luxuries even if the basic floor of existence keeps rising. It's like that proverb of the dogs, it's not enough that we succeed, cats must fail. I assume it had to do with the competition of passing on your genes.

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Re:Why Affluent Parents Put So Much Pressure on Their Kids by theonlybutlet on Monday July 05, 2021 @02:00AM (#27735021)
Not really, that's cultural. In the recent past, status was also associated with professions that made a positive contribution toward society such as doctors. Nowadays you're a respected leader if you own a big ass yacht even if it's luck. The longer term trend was this material wealth but I blame that on inequality, which is rising now.
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