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If you’re poor and rude, you’re just an asshole. But if you’re rich and rude, well, then you’re “eccentric.”


Only if you have social respectability from another source than your wealth. If you're rich and rude, you're just a "typical rich asshole".

Don't believe me? See how most people treat or think about rich children, who have no accomplishments beyond being born wealthy.


That's not riches; that's status. They often go hand-in-hand, but it's important to not confuse the two, as the article mentions.




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