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I think there are some things the 'elite classes' know of and do that most people just aren't aware of and have no access to. For example certain private clubs

I think there are some things the 'elite classes' know of and do that most people just aren't aware of and have no access to. For example certain private clubs in London, dinning clubs, certain student groups at Oxford/Cambridge, hunting groups in Scotland, aristocratic balls, etc, that are all heavily nepotistic or literally just not possible to join without a certain upbringing. Emulation might be a thing, and affordability to hobbies is at an all time high, but I think this misses a few things that separate classes because they're just not accessible to most.

jjoonathan 3y ago
Sure, but it feels like we're missing the forest for the trees. The big class distinction is owning assets for a living instead of working for a living. If you plug in a more precise definition of "assets" and "living" you can turn this into a net worth threshold, but the number itself is far less interesting than what happens to incentives and strategies as you go from working to owning. They completely change. Night and day. Noble and peasant. This isn't a "capitalism is feudalism in disguise" rant -- it's great that the nobility don't own the monopoly on violence anymore and that's enormous progress, but the "rich people get paid for being rich" bit stuck with us and isn't going away any time soon.