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The Mythology of Quiet Luxury (with Amanda Mull)

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The Paradox of Wealth

I think that a lot of people from wealth go into those industries first because it's easier to break into them when you have a financial safety net. I haven't been able to really figure out why young people, especially in this like socio political climate who rag on like NEPO babies and who love like TV shows that make fun of the rich,. Like why they still find it aspirational to mirror the way that these people supposedly dress. And there is this sort of sense that these types of media about the sort of bumbling wealthy or the inadequate wealthy sort of gives us an opportunity to sort of like juggle those contradictions in our own minds," she said.

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