[S. Burns]

Why do the upper class look down on others that do not have as much as they do, such as money or fancy clothes?

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Name : S. Burns, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 32, City : Porterville, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : waitress/student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

[Cindy]

Though I am considered the poor class, I have a theory on this. In general poor people look down on themselves as much as the wealthy. We are taught by the propaganda of advertisements and commercials that we are what we own. As a society, we are never taught we can be somebody without material objects. We are taught if people are poor, it is because they are lazy, never that this person was born into a situation that is really difficult to get out of. I have no personal hate for either class group. I do however believe they both need to re-think their values and views.

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[Rob S.]

There is nothing wrong with how rich you are in money or how physicly attractive you are ,as long as it dosent affect how you treat others. It seems somtimes that some people think that they are a higher person and more of a person and more valuble to society just because they either look better or have more money. A buff man will sometimes lip off an obease man and make him feel as if he is less important to the world just because he carries more skin, and the same with women too. Or the rich will think they are more valuble to society and a better person, just because they own more green papers. Its not slimness or physical buety, or how rich you are that makes you a better person. Its how you treat others and the goodness you put into communitys that make that. Thats one thing Christiananity will teach. I would beleive other religuons aim for that too.

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[J-Jones21301]

The only reason I think they do is that poorer people are happier. We lead more fulfilling lives, and rich snobs are jealous of that. They have no self-esteem, so they put the ‘lower’ classes down to make themselves feel better (or drown in alcohol). When someone not born into money makes it to the top of the scale, richies get frightened to think any old ‘scumbag’ could do it, so they make drastic statements to frighten the rest of the population out of trying.

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[Kelly26588]

That’s a generalization and is no more true than any other generalization. Why do some working-class people assume that people raised in affluent homes are spoiled and snobby? To the limited extent that your generalization is true, maybe it is about being uncomfortable with the unfamiliar.

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[Melissa]

Actually, rich people are NOT any less happy than those that are not as economically fortunate. This mind-set you have is what is often referred to as a ‘slave morality.’ According to Nietzsche (look it up), the ‘slave’ tries to tell himself that the happiness generated by the master morality among the ‘masters’ is not geniune. i.e. ‘He is rich, therefore he cannot possibly be happy.’ Think about that for a minute. For one, the wealthy man bears few of the financial strains that are problematic for someone who is not rich. Of course he is happy! Or at least he is not any less happy than anyone else! [Note: I do not subscribe to most of Nietzsche’s beliefs. This is one of the few thoughts with which I agree.]

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