Comment by pyre
9 years ago
That's exactly what she said though:
> I will say that the ability "to not be rich" is, in fact, a choice not psychologically available to many upper class people
(emphasis mine)
9 years ago
That's exactly what she said though:
> I will say that the ability "to not be rich" is, in fact, a choice not psychologically available to many upper class people
(emphasis mine)
That is not the same thing at all. There's a vast chasm between not possible because you don't have the money and not phychologically available because you can't imagine lowering your standards. For one, the argument that rich people can't bring themselves to do it might be true, but is a broad generalization that is speculating about the mental state of other people. The argument that when you don't have the money, you don't get to choose to not have the money, that is a tautology, it's 100% guaranteed.
It's not physically possible either. It's a pretty common affectation of trust fund kids that they can just pretend to be normal, but it's just play-acting or maybe economic tourism. The song "Common People" describes how it turns out: "But still you'll never get it right / 'cos when you're laid in bed at night watching roaches climb the wall / If you call your Dad he could stop it all."