[extropy-chat] Why I am No Longer a Libertarian Either...

MB mbb386 at main.nc.us
Thu Jul 28 13:20:54 UTC 2005




On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Mike Lorrey wrote:

>
> You likely know several millionaires but are not aware of it, because
> you look at them driving a pickup truck, wearing a service worker
> uniform, and not minding getting their hands dirty as degrading and
> lower class. Such tend not to talk about their wealth to their friends
> and don't buy into having status symbols.
>

IIRC a few years ago we had a quite lengthy discussion of the book
"The Millionaire Next Door" by Stanley and Danko.

It says much of this. Quite an interesting read.

Regards,
MB



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