AI Practice Knowledge BaseCounterintuitive Facts (4): Why Do Elites Who Advocate 'Open Marriage' Stay Faithful Themselves?
PremiumLuxury Beliefs: The 'progressive values' elites flaunt are weapons designed to destroy the poor
I. What did the rich used to show off? Luxury watches, sports cars, fur coats. These are called luxury goods.
II. What do the rich show off now? They wear T shirts and jeans, looking as plain as you. But they show off something more expensive: Luxury Beliefs.
III. This concept was proposed by sociologist Rob Henderson: "Ideas held by elite class to signal status, but which impose costs on lower classes." Elites use these beliefs to brand themselves as "progressive" and "open minded." The ones who actually pay for these beliefs are the ordinary people who believe in them.
IV. Example: "Marriage is outdated, open relationships are cool." Elites talk about this in universities, on podcasts, on social media. To show they're avant garde, free from traditional constraints, superior to those "old
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