The Big House is a prison of status. You'll do anything to keep up appearances, even as everything is falling apart.
Rich people generally want the rules of social mobility to stay the same; they want to be able to keep their wealth, but they don't want the aspirational to have a chance at the same lifestyle...
Money can paper over the cracks in a family for awhile - but if the money should disappear, then so does the polite facade.
Rich people generally want the rules of social mobility to stay the same; they want to be able to keep their wealth, but they don't want the aspirational to have a chance at the same lifestyle...
Money can paper over the cracks in a family for awhile - but if the money should disappear, then so does the polite facade.