Sunday, January 23, 2011

The Super Rich

Britain (or London at least) has gone mad over news that the super rich want to live here. A gluttonously luxurious development of 86 appartments at One Hyde Park has sent everyone into a spin. The general consenus seems to be that it's disgusting that some people can afford such fripperies as golf simulators when the rest of us are suffering so. But who cares what the super rich can afford? Surely it's a good sign that some people at least still have money to keep the economy pootling along? I had forgotten about how strong the politics of envy, or is that class, are here.....

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