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Takes money to make money. Plus, if you grow up in the top 1% the way you see the world, and the opportunities you're exposed to are dramatically different to t

• rdlecler1 10y ago
  This is very true. In my experience many people from money carry a certain confidence and expectation. They're higher on Maslows pyramid and they're not worrying about the wolf howling at their door. There's a certain ritual of knowledge that wealthy people have -- a kind of of dance signals if you're in or your out.
  • Mikeb85 10y ago
    The real advantage to being rich is that failure carries little to no consequence. You get many do-overs, and aren't stuck eating ramen in the bootstrap stage.
• peteretep 10y ago
  I was very expensively educated despite having lower-middle class parents (the government paid). I worked at Pizza Hut during the holidays while classmates went to private islands. Simply put, if I had told my teachers I wanted to be Prime Minister one day, they'd have told me I needed to enroll in debate club and study politics, rather than laughing or doubting my ability. As a child at school, nobody ever doubted or questioned that me and my classmates would run the world one day, and lo and behold, many of my classmates at 33 are in positions of considerable influence, power, and/or wealth. It is generally very very easy to spot other people who went to expensive private boarding schools in social and work situations.
  • havetocharge 10y ago
    Was this expensive education as helpful for you and other folks from the relatively lower economic class as for private island hopping students (in terms of career opportunities)?