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I don't think rich people are snobs. The majority of them are completely uncultured and tasteless. I was raised poor as dirt among rich people and I have seldom seen more feral children and deplorable manners. Poor kids will bash you with a rock in a playground fight. Rich kids have pocketed a pair of scissors to threaten and try to cut off your earlobes. (I know this from experience.) That's not to say the poor are innately decent and the rich are innately indecent. Same numbers of psychopaths at both ends of the spectrum, it's just that some of them have been told they can rule the world and others can't see beyond raping something because it smells nice. For the most part, you find plenty of reminders that we're carnivorous apes no matter where you go or how much money you have. Some of the smartest people I know are poor and some of the dumbest I've known have been rich.
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Horror and Bizarro novelist and editor
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