I never let the sorrow weigh me down or sidetrack me from focusing on my education, my emerging interest in politics, and becoming the best person I could be.

This is the kind of wealth that is the subject of films and of television shows that are popular. It’s the dynastic wealth, meaning it’s inherited by subsequent generations, and they don’t compete in the marketplace like the rest of us.

We see ourselves through our friends, so we see and figure out the ‘kind of person’ we are through thinking about and talking about our friends.

Nobles figured out very quickly that it was a great way to dodge taxes.