Greedy Lying Cheating Thieving Upper Classes?

[MiM]

That sound pretty natural to me. But which way does this work?

- Does that kind of behaviour stem from being rich?
- Does people with those traits become rich more easily?
- Or both?
- Or is there even a positive feedback loop in there, where one strengthens the other?

[Atheist-Lite]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/scie ... 202284952/

Greedy people have more stuff, say experts

PEOPLE who want lots of stuff are more likely to have it than people who are not really that bothered, scientist have claimed.

Psychologists at the University of California found that wealthy people had a habit of wanting money and would actively do things in order to acquire it.

Research director Paul Piff said: "It seems that rich people have become rich by being greedy and developing strategies to get the things they want, while poor people may have entertained the idea of having lots of money but then decided not to do anything about it.

"This has led to a situation where some people have more things than other people."

Dr Piff said the results now raise the possibilty that human beings are animals with some sort of 'survival instinct'.

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[Gawdzilla Sama]

Does the use of the word "class" make sense in the US context?

We divide up by income here.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

That sound pretty natural to me. But which way does this work?

- Does that kind of behaviour stem from being rich?
- Does people with those traits become rich more easily?
- Or both?
- Or is there even a positive feedback loop in there, where one strengthens the other?

I saw a man get a ticket for parking a Ferrari in a handicapped space. $300 fine.

"I smoke cigars that cost more than that."