The ruling class has absolutely no problem screwing over their fellow citizens; to the contrary, they seem to relish it. Will they be as willing to limit the future prospects of their own children and grandchildren simply to maximize their own material comfort well into their declining years? Will keeping three homes plus a pied-à-terre, each with its own staff, be more important than seeing thriving grandchildren embark on fruitful, productive lives? Will ours become the first upper class in the history of the world to be not merely uninterested in the caste-status of its own offspring but
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