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Most likely that you had enough wealth and owned enough productive land or other capital to secure the lifestyle of your progeny for generations to come.
by danans 6y ago
Most likely that you had enough wealth and owned enough productive land or other capital to secure the lifestyle of your progeny for generations to come.
- hatenberg 6y agoSo like Fred Trump
- danans 6y agoProbably, but he's far from alone. It's practically the definition of what the nobility and the gentry/bourgeoisie have in common. In contrast, workers and professionals must sell their personal skills in the labor market to survive. Unless they are extremely lucky, opportunistic, and hardworking and doing so become part of the gentry, their children will have to do the same.