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>the ambition to obtain wealth in the middle class breeds character traits that impose a barrier for entering the upper class.

Care to elaborate on said traits?

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One example I can think of is saving mindset.

To save so much that you ultimately have a lot but spend none of it.

One example: the inferiority complex.

An ambition to achieve wealth breeds an inferiority complex? Actually quite the opposite. In the states snobbery of any kind is severely looked down upon, as it should be.

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