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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:03 AM Original message |
What the "Rich" really think of the "Middle Class" |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. My experience as well....and they hated the techies who became |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. That's about the size of it, although they won't admit it freely . . . |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The Aristocracy have great disdain for the lower classes. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Prescott bush taught his little brats to have great disdain for the |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. Disgusting. Victorian era throwbacks... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
4. Certainly this is true of some of the rich |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. Absolutely correct - they want an aristocracy |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. When I waitressed at the local CC years ago, the wife of a prominent |
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Jon8503 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. My take on this is yes, you are right about those attitudes but I have |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 08:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. It's funny what money can do to |
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Jon8503 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:26 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I know what you are saying. I had to laugh at you drinking Pepsi |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 09:02 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Mom is alright and has much compassion for the |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. and over-heard on a golf-course in Bermuda, "wonder |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 08:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Eat the rich! n/t |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. Funny, hubby's dad used to say that. He worked for every penny they had. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 08:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. I think people like this have some sort of personality disorder. |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I'm a pacifist, but |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 09:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. That's what I don't get--much less how does anybody LIVE |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 09:09 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Birds of a feather?! n/t |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 09:46 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I guess that's the case a lot of the time. In this case, this woman's |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. Well, she should be put up against the wall and shot with a gold-plated... |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
8. While I agree with your statement, I don't think this issue belongs only |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. Kicking those below us in the hierarchy is an significant factor |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:27 AM Original message |
Small political minority. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. Not all rich folks are right wing Republicans |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 08:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Some know it's best to "invest" in some bread and circuses for the peons |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 08:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. No, not all rich folks are rightwingers... |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
11. SOP: Ratzinger (the new Poop) & neocons say it in so many words |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
13. They're just pissed because they'll have to look harder for |
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Burried News (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
14. This is why it is so nice to know histroy and start discussing the |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
15. So, are these people old money or noveau rich? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
17. No need to worry about |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 08:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. hey. I was just going to say that. |
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Ufomammut (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
20. Sometimes people don't like generalizations |
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400Years (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
26. This thread gives rise to the question of what constitutes "wealthy" |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-21-06 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
29. TPTW. |
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Hidden Stillness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Short Term Job Taught Me About This Type |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 05:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Thanks for these observations! I was reminded of some experiences too |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
33. Old Money Has Always Hated New Money |
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Minnesota Libra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
34. I'm truly beginning to believe this, and I wonder just how many........ |
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Don Claybrook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
36. History has always found a way to deal with these people |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
37. Middle Class sometimes pulls this *hit on the working classes, too. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
38. What I really think of the "rich" |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-22-06 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
39. I wonder how they decide who "deserves' their money |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
41. I've worked for the rich in the past |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
42. Don't forget they tried to pull off a coup against FDR |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 06:39 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. And they don't realize that FDR kept their heads from ending up on pikes.. |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
45. How appropos! See my thread in GD: "Dave - I'm losing my mind..." |
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Dob Bole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
46. What I really think of the Middle Class... |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
49. It's always been about class |
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