Working-Class Millionaires
6th August 2007
Ross Douthat is apparently unfamiliar with the fact that the Brahmin caste use the term “working class” to mean people who actually work for a living, i.e. not of the Brahmin caste. To them, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are “working class”.
Hyper-inequality is part of the story here, no doubt; on the other hand, I’m pretty sure there have always been people who are rich by any normal standard, but want to live the lifestyle of the super-rich and find themselves scrambling to keep up. And my interest in/sympathy for their plight is … limited.
You got that right.