I enjoyed Crazy Rich Azns ...just for the great joy in display of opulence...it didn't go far enough in this direction, there should have been even more attention to the different grades of luxury and to details of priceless jewels, etc.
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The least we can ask from our overlords in a debased "commercial civilization" is to admire the glamor of opulence, but we're denied even this: instead you see the preening retards Buffett, Zuckerface with their public face of "cheap living" and boundless moral vanity
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The movie Crazy Rich Azns is morally imbecile in this same way of course...the "plain good girl" wins by making the right moral choice...she wins immense wealth and luxury, but she did it while being moral ;)
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The worst vice of America...the need to feel moral...it's what leads to stuff like "The ETHICAL Slut" ...you see...it's good to GET DEY OWN ...but still to do so while feeling you're morally a good person ;)
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I think Ames had an article where he mentioned that Russians would never accept a man like Buffett with his incredibly offensive, boundlessly vain LARPing as some thrifty, cheap-living Protestant ...it's really a horrible insult he plays on America, but people do fall for it
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Replying to @bronzeagemantis
I’m not sure exactly how I feel about this. Prot austerity ethic is a little over the top (and v counterproductive in many practical situations) but idea that certain habits are automatic, not economic decisions seems right
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Replying to @QuasLacrimas @bronzeagemantis
Both concession of reality (once you ingrain habit, can’t shed it, and whole value of habit is fluidity of action) and ideal of channeling display and investment away from certain things so it can support others
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Maybe but my grandparents (tho not anything like Buffet, lol) retained habits that were no longer strictly necessary given their means Thought it was part of being a “New Englander”
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I think today it is mostly some combination of counter signals (maybe this is what you mean by LARP?) and lack of clear cultural standards (Zuck would not do a good job picking stylish suits)
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