I think your viewpoint is skewed extremely strongly towards the peculiar tendencies expressed in Western society and America in particular.
Not everyone has two SUVs, two kids in private schools, and a vacation home.
He explicitly doesn't, his whole point was to say that the ways of expressing affluence differ between regions and culture.
That point was made, then completely dismissed when stating that the "majority" of women demand a man that can provide a diamond.
I said this,
>That doesn't mean that every woman here absolutely requires a man who can buy her a diamond, but the majority do.
right after talking about the US--meaning I was discussing women here in the US, where it is demonstrably true that the majority of women demand diamonds.
Re:Diamonds Are Bullshit
by transitionality on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @10:04PM
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This is mostly thanks to De Beers expanding the scope of their advertising campaign internationally.
Wanting a mate who is financially secure doesn't make a woman a gold digger. It's no different than the vast majority of men who want a physically attractive mate.
>You'll find it shocking that in some parts of the world people are happily married without any jewelry at all.
Yes, different cultures have different standards (and there are outliers within cultures). In some places a herd of goats functions as a status symbol, in the US a diamond serves this function.
That doesn't mean that every woman here absolutely requires a man who can buy her a diamond, but the majority do.