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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up E and I definitely agree that class mobility is limited.  The vast majority of the people I hang out with are Es and the few that aren't grew up E-adjacent.  And we still don't really consider them one of us.[/quote]
As a wealthy G who has spent most of her life E-adjacent, I agree with this. To me, the class difference is very obvious...and the consequences of it have become more obvious with time.

One huge difference between wealthy G's and true E's is how they think about their wealth and their wealth-potential. Most kids who grew up E are far more likely to think about starting their own business, while most G's think about how they can implement their ideas in some existing institutional framework (either academia or a corporate hierarchy). I went to HYPS undergrad and grad schools, and this difference between people who have similar education and in some sense access to the same external resources is striking. G's just don't think about this in the same was that E's do. Silicon Valley has shaken this up quite a bit, but only for a tiny fraction of people in tech fields. I would say celebrity entrepreneurs fall somewhere between G1 and E3...which Sheryl Sandberg being the epitome of someone who has attained a lot of cultural influence but remains very much a corporate servant.[/quote]

Very great points.  ITA.  I think these are nuances between G's and E's which most people would have no idea about and wouldn't even notice.  You really have to be inside of it to see these small differences which seem inconsequential but matter so hugely [/quote]

Anyone who goes to a fairly elite college would notice this, and agree. The difference between an employee mindset and a business owner is not a "nuance."[/quote]

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