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  1. 17 Nov 2019

    Cisgender, cultural appropriation, heteronormative..."only the affluent can afford to learn strange vocabulary because ordinary people have real problems to worry about." My latest for . Many thanks to

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  2. 1 Oct 2019

    Fascinating article by 'Luxury beliefs' are the latest status symbol for rich Americans via

  3. 30 Sep 2019

    These and other findings, along with my own observations, inspired me to write about what I refer to as "In the past, upper-class Americans displayed their social status with luxury goods. Today, they do it with luxury beliefs."

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  4. Jan 7

    My essay in cited here in this interesting piece about polyamory “men desired an open sexual relationship almost four times more than their female counterparts.”

  5. 17 Aug 2019

    Privileged elites decry social infrastructure that helps everybody else be happy and prosper. In the spirit of “open-mindedness” they keep everybody down! New word to explain this phenomenon! By veteran

  6. 2 Nov 2019
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  7. Thorstein Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class—A Status Update and moral fashions. “Rich kids and poor kids now grow up in separate Americas" via

    Thorstein Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class—A Status Update
  8. 17 Nov 2019

    is an apt description of on-trend PC ideas. Virtue signalling misses the main point, rather it's status signalling. The bad news is that these beliefs have damaging effects on those of lower social class. A superb essay from .

  9. "In the past, upper-class Americans used to display their social status with luxury goods. Today, they do it with ."

  10. Can you be an independent thinker, or do you subscribe to ? Do you crave assimilation or virtue?

  11. 29 Dec 2019
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    Their own egos and favored narrative. Raises their standing with their like minded peers too.

  12. 23 Aug 2019

    Clever argument which could be specious, could be on the money

  13. 21 Aug 2019

    include: Luxury beliefs are held by the rich to make them appear better than others. It only harms the poor and minorities, regardless of race. It stokes anger and division, and helps no one.

  14. 16 Nov 2019

    Status trough - the latest update to Thorstein Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class

  15. 16 Nov 2019

    “Luxury beliefs are ideas and opinions that confer status on the rich at very little cost, while taking a toll on the lower class.” “The upper class benefits socially from decrying its own privilege while paying no actual price for it.”

  16. "material goods have become more affordable and, thus, less reliable indicators of social class. Status has shifted to the beliefs we express. And beliefs are less expensive than goods because anyone can adopt them..."

  17. 18 Aug 2019

    "Respect & admiration from our peers are even more important than money for our sense of well-being." are "ideas & opinions that confer status on the rich at very little cost, while taking a toll on the lower class."

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    This idea of luxury beliefs has some legs. Environmentalism, Europe, Socialism all go in the same pot. The “celebrities” are the worst offenders.

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