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Originally Posted by Scribbler1
Not necessarily. That's just an elitist point of view and absurd on its face when put in a general term like that.
It's also hard to know if they WERE "self-made" anyway. Better to judge the rich, poor AND middle class on an individual basis.
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Of course it's elitist. However, elitism is justified. Do you think the Founding Fathers were a bunch of poor farmers? OF course not, they were a rich political elite. Do you think we've ever had a president who wasn't part of the elite? Of course not. The elite are superior, and not just for birth reasons--they rise to the top.
Of course, ideally, we should judge people as individuals, and I do. However, barring more specific information, stereotypes (as long as you aren't to rigid about them) are not a bad thing. As a group, it's fairly easy to categorize people and generalize. It is human nature, and it is probably essential to our survival that we can group things together in our minds.