What I mean by that, from my understanding, wealth is just one part of it, they are socialized completely differently, do different things and there are certain “tells”. For example, someone who wins the lottery is very different than someone born and raised upper class. Can anyone explain?
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Patterns of money spending, assets that can generate more money, connections to other wealthy and powerful people, sports, how they talk… For instance, if I won the lottery, I might have a million dollars, but I would not be able to reliably earn millions more since I’m still just a painter. I don’t have any friends in high places, and I still talk like I used to. Not only this, but I have no idea what to do with that million. Rich people know how to turn their money into more money, while poor people tend to have just enough money to get by and so they often do not know how to invest large sums. Meanwhile, if Bill Gates was suddenly tricked out of all of his money, he still has all of his connections to help him recover, he still has a job that pays really well, he still has investments, and he talks like a CEO who has been in the business for ages. If something bad happened to him, it would be because he spends more money than he has without realizing, and this would have to happen very soon after he lost all of his wealth since he would make it back very quickly.
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