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This is an interesting point although I suspect the canny billionaires are the ones keeping their wealth to themselves rather than flaunting it.

Trump is another matter of course.

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It’s precisely Fussell’s position in his Class that old-money families learned some time in the early 20th century to live invisibly—an old-money house will be so far off the road you can’t see it from there, modestly protected by a gate and perhaps fence. He hardly treats of these people at all, as they’re rarely encountered by those outside their social circles and a little less prone to homogeneity than most of the other classes, aside from a general “calling attention to oneself is NOT what one does”.

Under Fussell’s analysis Trump’s displayed taste in decor and clothes are about as Middle as could be, thought not a small amount of Fussell’s Proles’ taste creeps in in his clothes and food. Imitating the baroque and “living large” while wearing expensive clothes that don’t fit is what one might expect from a high-dollar lottery winner who used to hold some middle position at a bank branch.

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