is it better for the rich to be cliquish and avoid social & business relationships w much poorer ppl or for them to get into relationships w problematic power dynamics due to wealth inequality?
another angle to this- should someone who's quite wealthy keep it a secret to avoid the power dynamic or is it problematic to deceive your social & business counterparts?
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Reply · Jun 7, 2021@specialwants @paulg So you're saying there's a good reason why rich people vastly prefer to work with other rich people?Reply · May 23, 2023@ThatShawGuy @chopstickfury01 @HemlockTapioca yeah... tricky if someone was raised w a lot of privilege n only rich friends or if they were an…Reply · May 23, 2023@HemlockTapioca @chopstickfury01 yeah, and then this is back to the weird power dynamic undertone if the poorer person is paying close attention to…Reply · Dec 17, 2025@rob_mcrobberson i assume it's a more approximate thing and that people are mostly friends w ppl w similar wealth?