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[quote=Anonymous][quote]5 million house, fancy vacations…rich stuff like that.[/quote]

No, that's just wealth. "Social prestige" is much harder to get and conspicuous wealth has nothing to do with it. I lived in a small town (LMC) and my parents had social prestige there because of all the things they did for the town (volunteer constable, built a sports field with their own hands, taught kids stuff, loaned out whatever they had, gave a lot of volunteer labor to the church and school, etc.). Everyone knew us and respected my dad enormously. He was also a war veteran and helped other veterans in need. If I go there, many people will know who I am and talk about him. Our house was nothing different from others and we took camping vacations.

If President Zelensky of Ukraine had zero in his bank account and lived in a shack it wouldn't matter. He has "social prestige" like nobody else right now and probably forever. Five million and fancy vacations. Nobody will remember you for that. [/quote]

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