@3967703f @f15fec4b I believe the rich experience security not the way that normal people do - "Are my needs met?", but in a maladaptive way of "Am I winning?"
They seem to need reminders of how much money they COULD lose, or their wealth isn't worth anything to them. The feeling of being "special" and "chosen" to be in a wealthy group seems to be the motivation, not the money itself (which has to lose meaning pretty fast at those sums.) Therefore a "lower" class MUST exist for them to feel like they have anything at all. And the "lower" that class gets, the more money they feel like they have.
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