From keeping up appearances to trust issues, the obscenely wealthy confided in sociologist Caroline Knowles about their insecurities
guests and hangers-on are regularly tested for loyalty. Stories are deliberately planted to see if they circulate back. Trust makes it hard to form intimate relationships – who is interested in them as a person and who is only interested in their money? In fact, asassociate suggests, relationships in wealthy bachelor households like his are contractual. They are between the boss and the staff who are gagged by Non-Disclosure Agreements Hardly a basis for intimacy.
Imagine an adult who expects to get exactly what they want, when they want it, and what it would do to them to always have these demands met. “Shouting” and “being difficult”,says, is part of a “play”, part of the image. Being rich gives bosses a leading part in their own drama. Being rich it seems is not good for anyone. It’s not good for the homeless bodies huddled in doorways who are denied the public resources London could easily afford if the wealthy paid a fair share of tax. And it’s not good for the rich themselves. It makes them anxious and unhappy., is out now, published by Penguin at £10.99
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