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Re:The dangers of high status, low wage jobs by DocTomoe on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @09:32AM (#30273032)
The real wealthy folks still are hush about their capital. The folks you see flinging cash and status around are - and always have been - the nouveau riche.
Re:The dangers of high status, low wage jobs by mc32 on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @09:40AM (#30273110)
Perhaps but Bezos, Branson, Ma, Musk, etc, aren’t the quietest bunch regarding their monies. We even have those who are wealthy but need to tell us how unwealthylike they live such as Dorsey.

Just be.

Re:The dangers of high status, low wage jobs by coldtea on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @01:44PM (#30276575)
>Perhaps but Bezos, Branson, Ma, Musk, etc, aren’t the quietest bunch regarding their monies.

Well, those are also crude nouveaux riches. Heck, they even had to somehow work for their money (even those of them that got some hefty support from their parents).

As opposed to several generations of old money.

Re:The dangers of high status, low wage jobs by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @12:01PM (#30274977)
>the nouveau riche

I'm not even sure that many are really rich. I recently read that the average net worth of a Ferrari owner is less than one million pounds and that most Ferraris are financed.

Real wealth is what you don't spend.

Re:The dangers of high status, low wage jobs by astrange on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @03:23PM (#30277955)
Net worth isn’t a good measure of being rich; high negative net worth means you’re rich too. All the average people are in the middle.
Re:The dangers of high status, low wage jobs by tonyedgecombe on Thursday February 10, 2022 @10:50AM (#30287865)
Not really, wealth is usually a measure of assets rather than income.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/w/wealth.asp

Re:The dangers of high status, low wage jobs by lukas099 on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @06:41PM (#30280429)
Can you explain what you mean by this?
Re:The dangers of high status, low wage jobs by astrange on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @06:47PM (#30280502)
Low net worth includes people with $0, but also people worth negative millions because they have a lot of debt. The only way to get that much debt is if you’re rich.

It’s better to look at assets excluding debt. This also shows the problem with student loan relief, which is it mostly benefits dentists.

Re:The dangers of high status, low wage jobs by coldtea on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @01:44PM (#30276590)
Real wealth is what you get to enjoy.