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It sounds like an episode of The Simpsons, not real life. People who accumulate more wealth than they would ever need consider themselves better, smarter, more

It sounds like an episode of The Simpsons, not real life. People who accumulate more wealth than they would ever need consider themselves better, smarter, more evolved than poor people. They should prove it by setting a good example and showing empathy for their fellow man. Instead, they laugh at the idea that your grandmother lost thousands in her 401k due to their addiction to amass more money than they need. If you need money to feel good about yourself, you should re-examine your priorities. EDIT: Also, what is with the cross-dressing? Do they dress as women to humiliate because they consider women lesser beings?

discardorama 11y ago
Money is like the score on the arcade machine to these people. It's not a measure of lives lost or dreams destroyed; it measures how well you played the game versus your buddies. At the end of the day, the one with the highest score "wins".
freshhawk 11y ago
I've completely forgotten where I read it but the most convincing sociological explanation for old school secret society cross-dressing I've heard was along the lines of: 1. These are cultures with very conservative ideas about gender and gender roles. Someone who cross dressed in their regular life would be shamed and excluded. It's considered degrading. 2. Since it's such a "bad" thing to do, when you are with your other high status peers it signals status to confidently do it anyway, as a joke only, to show that you are so confident in your position that you can even get away with cross-dressing. When you live at an extreme the normal status rules apply less and less to you, while the middle class engages in conspicuous consumption for status reasons, the upper classes can engage in conspicuous anti-consumption for status reasons. When you are high status enough, you can just ignore the normal rules because you are so comfortable and confident in your position. And this fact is something to show off with conspicuous rule breaking.

discardorama 11y ago

Money is like the score on the arcade machine to these people. It's not a measure of lives lost or dreams destroyed; it measures how well you played the game versus your buddies. At the end of the day, the one with the highest score "wins".

freshhawk 11y ago

I've completely forgotten where I read it but the most convincing sociological explanation for old school secret society cross-dressing I've heard was along the lines of: 1. These are cultures with very conservative ideas about gender and gender roles. Someone who cross dressed in their regular life would be shamed and excluded. It's considered degrading. 2. Since it's such a "bad" thing to do, when you are with your other high status peers it signals status to confidently do it anyway, as a joke only, to show that you are so confident in your position that you can even get away with cross-dressing. When you live at an extreme the normal status rules apply less and less to you, while the middle class engages in conspicuous consumption for status reasons, the upper classes can engage in conspicuous anti-consumption for status reasons. When you are high status enough, you can just ignore the normal rules because you are so comfortable and confident in your position. And this fact is something to show off with conspicuous rule breaking.