## Metadata
- Author: [[rob-henderson|Rob Henderson]]
- Full Title:: Luxury Beliefs Are Status Symbols
- Category:: #🗞️Articles
- Document Tags:: [[sociology|Sociology]],
- URL:: https://robkhenderson.substack.com/p/status-symbols-and-the-struggle-for
- Finished date:: [[2023-05-19]]
## Highlights
> distinction encompasses not only clothing or food or rituals. It also extends to ideas and beliefs and causes. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h0ra08d7ht3rvj0q5hedewbp))
> In other words, high-status people desire wealth and status more than anyone else ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h0ra25z8z0jfchy2cdfqwtv7))
> A survey from YouGov found that Americans in the highest income category were by far the most supportive of defunding the police ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h0ra3y2r1vawk4q67b9815fz))
> They can afford to hold this position, because they already live in safe, often gated communities ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h0ra45nery0zxeszdn1avhk2))
> They found that individuals with higher income or a higher social status were the most likely to say that success results from luck and connections rather than hard work ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h0ra6wy95sg1aevyf0j1wgpk))
> an internal locus of control is associated with better academic, economic, health, and relationship outcomes ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h0ra758bpzjbw5h6gtnac403))
> they tell their own children about the importance of hard work and individual effort ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h0ra7d47rqehqxr2mmhbeqvh))
This doesn't mean you don't suffer the problem of heteronormativity.
> Only the affluent can learn these things because ordinary people have real problems to worry about. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h0ra974003qcbkhpk9p6gk6w))
What is the detrimental effect of knowing what is toric masculinity?
> luxury beliefs can have long term detrimental effects for the poor and working class. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h0raevkz6gr4w12fk364j3pa))