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Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???

 
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Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
Every small business owner I know who has maybe $1-5 million net worth is incredibly snobby and has a HUGE ego. They act like kings and are so proud of themselves. They treat their employees like shit and drive nice BMWs and Mercedes and make a point to brag about their material wealth to everyone they know.

Yet I work right under the CFO of a major corporation (which will remain nameless) and both him and the CEO are as down to Earth as you can get. Super friendly guys, they are each worth over $100 million but you wouldn't know it just by talking to them. They also live in a nice area of town and drive nice cars, but they don't brag about it or rub it in everyone's face.

Why is that?
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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
The aspiring middle-classes are as gruesome as they are ridiculous.
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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
There's a big difference between New Money and Old Money.

Old Money has never known anything else.
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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
Nothing as ugly and ostentatious as new money.
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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
It would be funny if they were not able to pay themselves, then they would really bitch. I just tell ppl who are "new money" to get over themselves. They don't realize they could always lose everything overnight and have to lay off their employees and close up shop.
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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
Because the truly rich don't feel the need to show off.
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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
Because after you get to the point you can buy anything you want, you understand you can't.
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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
insecurity because they know that they are small fishies and bigger fish always lurking.

big fishies dont have that insecurity and therefore less to prove.
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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
Because the rich are mean in different ways. Smiles in public and buying legislation in the back rooms.
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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
Because after you get to the point you can buy anything you want, you understand you can't.
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Is anybody on here rich?
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Is anybody on here rich?
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Nah, there are quite a few Dicks though.
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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
because their parents gave them money from day one

most very rich came from nothing
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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
Every small business owner I know who has maybe $1-5 million net worth is incredibly snobby and has a HUGE ego. They act like kings and are so proud of themselves. They treat their employees like shit and drive nice BMWs and Mercedes and make a point to brag about their material wealth to everyone they know.

Yet I work right under the CFO of a major corporation (which will remain nameless) and both him and the CEO are as down to Earth as you can get. Super friendly guys, they are each worth over $100 million but you wouldn't know it just by talking to them. They also live in a nice area of town and drive nice cars, but they don't brag about it or rub it in everyone's face.

Why is that?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1185159

Wealth, if nothing else, is a great insulator against homelessness and starvation.

People who are only moderately wealthy know how tenuous their position is, and live in fear of losing it.
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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
nothing worse than a social climber. Old money doesn't care because they've got nothing to prove
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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
There's a big difference between New Money and Old Money.

Old Money has never known anything else.
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+1

Also since old money has never known anything else, they don't think about it much. It's what is normal for them.
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New money is very concerned with being seen as "legitimate" in some social circles. Old money is just concerned with not touching the principal.
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Because they know their lifestyle is either a cheap imitation or a fancy pig...

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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
Is anybody on here rich?
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O yeah but everyone on glp makes at least 250k per year.
Have you not heard?
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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
Is anybody on here rich?


O yeah but everyone on glp makes at least 250k per year.
Have you not heard?
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LOL I am in the wrong place then.
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What can life give to me – nothing!
All the dramas of this world is happening in front of me.
Let it happen whatever has to happen, Therefore why worry."

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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
rich people = assholes
wealthy people = nice................but secretly might be planning to kill u
BRIEF AND TO THE POINT

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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
They come in all ranges of personality...the millionaire that worked hard and was smart with his money will most likely be a down to Earth good person, and you couldn't pick him out of a crowd...In fact the middle class would typically look more wealthy because they finance their lifestyle with loans and credit cards whereas the wealthy don't...


Those that are handed wealth tend to be snobbish...
Poor people do poor people things, and rich people do rich people things.

You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation.

You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!

when you rob Paul to give to Peter ... ... ... you will always get Peters support!

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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
making money tends to amplify certain existing personality traits in a person...whereas the type who humbles themselves after early setbacks will often make some kind of promise- "if i ever make millions, i'll never let it go to my head". these people tend to be happier too.

Last Edited by a passing cloud on 12/05/2010 03:17 PM
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wealthy people = nice................but secretly might be planning to kill u damned
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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
I've worked for a number of small business owners in the past; they all have lousy ego, are self-centered and some are downright obnoxious.

I found a few things in common: none of them has professional qualifications, they cannot write a proper business letter, and they're small-timers who behave like big shots in business.
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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
They come in all ranges of personality...the millionaire that worked hard and was smart with his money will most likely be a down to Earth good person, and you couldn't pick him out of a crowd...In fact the middle class would typically look more wealthy because they finance their lifestyle with loans and credit cards whereas the wealthy don't...


Those that are handed wealth tend to be snobbish...
 Quoting: BRIEF AND TO THE POINT


By that theory, I should be stuck up and my husband much more down to earth. But he is far more vain and materialistic than I am, I think.
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BRIEF AND TO THE POINT

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making money tends to amplify certain existing personality traits in a person...whereas the type who humbles themselves after early setbacks will often make some kind of promise- "if i ever make millions, i'll never let it go to my head". these people tend to be happier too.
 Quoting: a passing cloud


It's like Cocaine, they say it intensifies your personality...

But what if you're an asshole?
Poor people do poor people things, and rich people do rich people things.

You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation.

You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!

when you rob Paul to give to Peter ... ... ... you will always get Peters support!

:Brieffromnativea:
BRIEF AND TO THE POINT

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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
They come in all ranges of personality...the millionaire that worked hard and was smart with his money will most likely be a down to Earth good person, and you couldn't pick him out of a crowd...In fact the middle class would typically look more wealthy because they finance their lifestyle with loans and credit cards whereas the wealthy don't...


Those that are handed wealth tend to be snobbish...


By that theory, I should be stuck up and my husband much more down to earth. But he is far more vain and materialistic than I am, I think.
 Quoting: D's Pet


That's why I started with: "They come in all ranges of personality"
Poor people do poor people things, and rich people do rich people things.

You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation.

You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!

when you rob Paul to give to Peter ... ... ... you will always get Peters support!

:Brieffromnativea:
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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
New money is very concerned with being seen as "legitimate" in some social circles. Old money is just concerned with not touching the principal.
 Quoting: D's Pet

I know exactly what the OP is talking about, and it's uncanny that this thread comes up, as I was just thinking about this topic. OP is right on

Here's my take on it: old money has been coached and schooled (though I like to use the word programmed) on how to act and how NOT to act within social circles. It is a form of mind control that they undergo on how to conduct themselves. They know that, if they deviate from their socially accepted norms, they will be ostracized within their networking community. And this, for them, equals death.
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Re: Why are the moderately rich more stuck up than the ultra-wealthy???
I've worked for a number of small business owners in the past; they all have lousy ego, are self-centered and some are downright obnoxious.

I found a few things in common: none of them has professional qualifications, they cannot write a proper business letter, and they're small-timers who behave like big shots in business.
 Quoting: ºº SPOT ºº


I have had the same experiences while working for small business owners. Just left one last month, actually. The worst of the bunch.





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