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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lol to every comment that thinks &quot;being kind&quot; or &quot;having manners&quot; are markers of wealth. What is this, Eduardian England? There are tons of trashy rich people in the world with no manners who are assholes all the time. It is actually a minority of rich people who still subscribe to this idea of an aristocracy that &quot;earns&quot; its wealth through superior education and behavior. Even today's rich people who &quot;come from money&quot; often have minimal people skills and no idea how to interact with other people. It's just not what gets emphasized anymore, even in many elite learning institutions or wealthy families.

In the US, in particular, there's emerged this idea that you justify your wealth through displays of aggressive or dominant behavior, which runs completely counter to these ideas of &quot;old world gentility&quot; people on this thread seem to be advancing.

It makes me think of that episode of Succession where the Roys go to hang out with the other rich family to see if they will buy the company, and the other family (which is actual old money) is horrified by the Roys even though the Roys are much more in keeping with the modern culture of wealth. And that's just people with business/corporate/family money. Think of how people like the Kardashians handle wealth, or anyone who is making money through entertainment or social media. It' just a totally different attitude.

You can no longer assume that people from wealthy backgrounds all come from the SAME background. And it's not even like it was in the 20th century, when people with new money often worked really hard to gain acceptance into the old money world, by adopting their customers, because that's how you gained access to things like elite educations for your kids, or admission to elite social circles. Now you can get invited to the Met ball, the most elite private schools in NY, or Davos simply on the basis of your wealth. No one cares if you have manners and to some degree lacking them is seen as a bonus because it makes rich institutions feel &quot;democratic&quot; or &quot;diverse&quot; when they aren't really.

The best sign that someone grew up rich is they don't worry about money and generally lack perspective on how much a lot of basic things cost. That's it. Their behavior really has little bearing.[/quote]

Excellent points.
We are collectively way more vulgar than we were one generation ago. 2016-2020 accelerated that trend. However, DC region is more conservative and less Flashy then the well heeled in most big cities. Power and wealth do not always intersect.

Post further back cited recent study of self made millionaires to distinguish psychological traits that distinguish them. We are not going to understand what makes the wealthy tick in one DCUM thread - clearly many different prisms to explore. I am biased towards inner life so am drawn to the psychological and spiritual looking glasses. However I am sure there are other valuable ways to explore (background, occupation of parents and family culture, dumb luck etc.

Psychological prism : 
The Wealthy Really Are Different: When you compare the personality traits of the general population with those of wealthy interviewees, the following patterns emerge:

The rich are emotionally more stable, and therefore less neurotic 
The rich are especially extraverted 
The rich are more open to new experiences 
The rich are less agreeable, which means they less likely to shy away from conflicts 
The rich are more conscientious. 
In addition to the Big Five test, the researchers also investigated two other personality traits: narcissism and internal locus of control.

Their findings: 
The rich are more narcissistic 
The rich exhibit a stronger internal locus of control. This means that they are more likely to agree with statements such as “I determine how my life turns out” than they are with statements like “What you achieve in life is mainly a question of luck or fate.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rainerzitelmann/2019/...everyone-else/?sh=3cf7a1e26a74

Through religious glasses: The very rich are less likely to be spiritually fulfilled, because status and valuable stuff can never replace the inner sparkle of the Holy Spirit. The Wealthy are much more likely to follow biblically unsound prosperity gospel prophets and their equivalents (as did President 45) to justify unequal distribution of wealth and not storing up treasures in Heaven (&gt;2,000 References in Bible to helping the poor, the lonely and the marginalized).

See Mathew 19:20-30 [/quote]

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