> No one consciously favors the rich kids; it's the confidence and status that they carry with them that gives them the advantages. They expect to be treated wi

> No one consciously favors the rich kids; it's the confidence and status that they carry with them that gives them the advantages. They expect to be treated with respect, even by powerful people, and most of the time, that's what happens. Disagree. Favoring rich kids will obviously get you a lot of favor in return. Class delimiters abound and it's really not much to do with how you expect to be treated by others. It extends to the clothes you wear, the way you talk, your interests etc. It's just normally obvious. I think any wise and conscious lad will know that there's just no inherent difference from man to man. He'll expect to be treated with respect by everybody while he also treats the other side equally. An example that immediately sprung to my mind is Jobs. He obviously didn't take any nonsense when he found his Atari job, though he didn't have a rich background at all. This is how any sensible and determined person should behave, nothing much to do with family background IMO. And I'd say even you're middle class you're still largely "economically free" in our modern society. It's all about luxury from this point on, economically.