What the middle class doesn't understand about rich people

[citizenB]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/what-the-middle-class-doesnt-understand-about-rich-people-a7158851.html

 

Well now you know, the Wealthy/Rich people are misunderstood !

 

Few people in the middle class really understand the mind-set of the richest people.

 

After all, if they did, they would be among the top earners as well. We've all heard the remarks: Rich people are lucky, rich people had an unfair advantage, rich people are crooks, rich people are selfish, etc. These are mostly empty statements with little proof to back them up

 

 

 

However, there are some interesting points in the article - not least of which - being wealthy gives you freedom.

[determindator]

many words by the writer CB to say birds of a feather stick together:madgrin:

[san_d]

What is the middle class? What do they look like? Has anyone seen them?

[Mr.P]

What is the middle class? What do they look like? Has anyone seen them?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VxkltwS9g0

[silverfox1961]

I noticed from that piece that they were ONLY dealing with self made rich people, the ones that started with very little and worked hard to get where they are. I admire these people.

 

What the article didn't go into was where wealth is passed down from aristocrats and the landed gentry who were gifted land at the expense of the lowly. History shows how many people were given titles and estates for being loyal to royalty. This sense of entitlement then follows through the ages until you get to today's inherited riches.

 

These are the people that look down on the plebs and think them unworthy where in fact it should be the other way around. These wealthy people are likely to have used workers to get further than they started out with.