The metamodern aristocracy are people who have a combination of two things: great privilege and high personal development. The privilege I speak of is high “total capital” (a concept we get back to in Book Two, Nordic Ideology), meaning that we are not necessarily rich in the conventional sense, but that we have enough opportunities and support around us to do pretty much whatever we want with our lives (so, total capital is a combination of social capital, cultural capital, economic capital, emotional capital, sexual capital and good health). High total capital means that you can live your
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