I like Horace better now.

I picked up a book the other day by some WSJ reporter called "Richistan". about all the newly wealthy billionaires, many of who made money from pool toys, ceramic cottages, wax candles, whatever. Apparently you can make money from ways you never dreamed of. Remeber when it was all about real estate?
     There is a new book (I'm guessing by the same author, but maybe I'm wrong) that imitates the preppy hand book from the 1980s, complete with photos of baseball capped, badly dressed very wealthy people. I remember in "Richistan" (a product of a few years ago) the ethic was to looked like everyone else in the middle class. The people who worked for you could dress up, but you didn't bother. I get the impression from the WSJ article about ties, that may still be true. I belong to a profession where a tie is required. maybe Richistan owns me, maybe not. actually I assure I am not owned by Richistan. maybe there are a few hundred thousand inhbitants with really, really bad taste.
     The future does not look good. I inhabit most of the New Haven CT clubs where the formerly considered wealthy inhabit. Truth is they are all ragged at the edges. Hard to believe you wouldn't aspire to the life. But apparently few people do. the world has moved on to worse dress, far worse music, and a lot of really bad dancing.
    In some ways I think the future is better. In a lot of ways I think the future is condemned to a lot of really bad dancing. That Woodstock generation: None of those people knew how to dance.
     last Saturday I listened to an interview with Freddy Cole. Very few people will know he could out sing his brother. That is a world Gone With The Wind.

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