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1) Thorstein Veblen critiqued upper-class behavior and values in his influential book The Theory of the Leisure Class, attacking the "new rich" as parasites who retard human adaptation to modern life. 2) Veblen analyzed how conspicuous consumption of goods is used by the leisure class to demonstrate wealth and status. Lower classes emulate the consumption patterns of the rich. 3) As wealth accumulates, systems of social class and rank develop within the leisure class. Gentility can be inherited without ac

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Mosor Vlad

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