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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the biggest difference between the UMC and UC is time. That is, your time is your own when you’re UC. You don’t think twice about flying out mid week to NYC to see a concert or going skiing or flying to Caribbean with friends. I have relatives like this who’ve invited us along not realizing that they don’t have to negotiate bosses, clients, childcare or paid time off the way a highly compensated and golden handcuffed UMC person does. And yes, this is different than the retired couple with $5 million in the bank who spend their weeks playing pickle ball or golf while collecting a social security check. Not that there is anything wrong with that. [/quote]

This quote is about money, not class.[/quote]

It is insofar that the wealthy person is a working class prole who sold his plumbing business for $30 million and spends his days attending UFC and NASCAR events. They’re still a low cultural capital rube that has money but no class.  I think it’s different if they have multigenerational wealth, a family office and house manager/house keeper/operations manager/personal assistant, sit on a few high profile non-profit boards and civic institutions, and can leave on a moment’s notice for a vacation if they so choose.

That’s not money or class. It’s both. Ask yourself if that rube is likely to be invited to some high profile civic or cultural institution and you have your answer regarding whether they are UC, ceteris paribus. [/quote]

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