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Originally posted by s12345
Is poor the new rich? At one time it seemed that people would rather fake a rich background, than admit to earning their way through life. Now it seems that this has changed and there are stories abound of public schoolboys claiming they had to work to get through university: even one from burke's peerage (if anyone is interested I will dig out the name sometime). This way of the rich faking achievement by making up poor backgrounds is probablt new. Anyway we live in a time not driven by success but money: and no one caring if someone made it or inherited. So is it more fashionable to appear working class achiever or upper class?
Originally posted by s12345
Is poor the new rich? At one time it seemed that people would rather fake a rich background, than admit to earning their way through life. Now it seems that this has changed and there are stories abound of public schoolboys claiming they had to work to get through university: even one from burke's peerage (if anyone is interested I will dig out the name sometime). This way of the rich faking achievement by making up poor backgrounds is probablt new. Anyway we live in a time not driven by success but money: and no one caring if someone made it or inherited. So is it more fashionable to appear working class achiever or upper class?
Originally posted by mretgis
I dont think that its really fair to critisize for asking such a question. It took sociologists until the last century to even come to terms with such phenomena. OP, keep having ideas and explore them its good to think things through.
Originally posted by Drezden
Though people making complex fake back-stories about their "poverty" to feel cool or whatever, well that is stupid, and I have seen people brag about who is poorer, or who grew up in a worse house as a child recently. I think you are right.edit on 2/11/2012 by Drezden because: (no reason given)