“I LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE EVERYONE WANTS TO BELIEVE IS A MERITOCRACY, WE WANT TO THINK THAT EVERYONE EARNS WHAT THEY HAVE. I GUESS IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER, KEEP TELLING YOURSELF THAT. IT DOESN’T WORK FOR ME NEMORE”JAMIE JOHNSON
JAMIE STATUS WITHIN THE ELITE GIVES HIM A RARE INSIGHTS INTO A WORLD FEW CAN COMPREHEND. WITHIN THE FIRST FEW MINUTES OF BORN RICH WE MEET THE INNER CIRCLE. IF YOU ARE QUICK ENOUGH, YOU CAN START TO “READ BETWEEN THE LINES” OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE HIGHLY EDUCATED. EVERYTHING IS SUBTLY DIRECT, AND YET SO CANDIDLY BLASE IT KNOCKS YOUR SOCKS OFF.
FRIEND #2 IS S.I IV. WHO SMUGGISHLY LISTS OFF A STRING OF “INFLUENTIAL MAGAZINES” THAT HIS FAMILY OWNS. BASICALLY EVERYTHING YOUR GRANDMOTHER, MOTHER, & THE MAID EQUATE TO LUXURY, STYLE, AND AFFLUENCE, OVER THE LAST CENTURY WAS CONTROLLED BY THE NEWHOUSE FAMILY. HERE IS THE LIST: ALLURE, ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, BON APPETIT, CONDE NAST TRAVELER, GLAMOR, GOURMET, GQ, HOUSE & GARDEN, NEW YORKER, VANITY FAIR, VOGUE, WIRED, & THERE ARE PLENTY MORE. THIS IS THE CLASSIC PYRAMID STRUCTURE OF ONE HOUSE CONTROLLING AN INDUSTRY, DICTATING THE TRENDS & STYLES (CULTURE) TO THE HOUSEHOLDS OF THE MASSES. WELCOME TO THE REAL AMERICA
HIS BRAZEN REMARKS SHOW JUST HOW EASILY POPULAR OPINION CAN BE BOUGHT, SOLD, INFLUENCED AND CHANGED WITH MINIMAL EFFORT. BECAUSE YOU OFFER THE ILLUSION OF CHOICE. ILLUSION
CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. IT TAKES GUTS TO CREATE AN EXPOSE OF THIS MAGNITUDE, AND THE FALLOUT MAKES ITSELF APPARENT QUITE QUICKLY AS THE FILM TRANSPIRES. BECAUSE IT IS TABOO TO TALK ABOUT MONEY IN POLITE SOCIETY LET ALONE PUBLIC ARENA.
WHEN YOU LEARN TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES, WHAT ISN’T SAID IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT IS, YOU CAN WATCH THESE VERY INTELLIGENT HEIRS, WORD THEIR STATEMENTS WISELY, BECAUSE THEY KNOW AFTER FILMING EVERYONE WILL BE WATCHING.
MEETING CORY FANCHETTI THE ITALIAN TEXTILE HEIR, IS AN EYE OPENER. “THERE ARE NOT MANY PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF IN MODELING I SEE. I HAD FRIENDS THAT REALLY GOT ME INTO IT, THEY ALMOST COERCED ME INTO IT. I KEPT HEARING TRY IT, TRY IT, WHY NOT TRY IT. SO FINALLY I DID. LAUREN, LAUREN HUTTON WHO IS A FRIEND OF MINE, GAVE ME THE IDEA. SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY THINK ITS A STEP DOWN. BEING A WHORE, WHICH FOR A MAN I THINK IT IS. I DID IT PURPOSEFULLY, IT’S THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM. I’VE ALWAYS BEEN INTROSPECTIVE, INTERESTED IN CULTURE & THINGS LIKE THAT & THIS IS SOMETHING ON THE SURFACE. I AM PURPOSEFULLY DOING IT TO EXPLORE THAT SIDE.”
CODY ALSO REVEALS THE BRITANNICA 11TH EDITION PRINTED IN 1911 IN 33 VOLUMES IS THE LAST REAL ENCYCLOPEDIA. “ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA AFTER THAT IS SHIT” MADE FOR THE MASSES. THNX BRO
MY MOM HAD NEVER BEEN ON THE SUBWAY. “ITS PRETTY COOL, OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD TRY THIS.” IRONIC SINCE THE WHITNEY FORTUNE WAS MADE BY PRIVATIZING THE SUBWAYS & HELD A MONOPOLY. “IT WAS A COMPLETE RACKET, THEY WERE CROOKS. BUT EVERYONE WAS A CROOK BACK THEN THAT MADE MONEY. THE JOHNSONS WERE MAKING OPIUM OR SOMETHING (SIC).” JOSIAH HORNBLOWER, HEIR TO THE VANDERBILT & WHITNEY FORTUNES. LEARNING THAT HIS FAMILY OWNS GRAND CENTRAL STATION, THE WHITNEY MUSEUM, AMONGST NUMEROUS NY LANDMARKS, SENT THE YOUNG HEIR INTO A DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF DEPRESSION, ALCOHOL AND DRUGS, WHICH SEEMED LIKE A RIGHT OF PASSAGE INTO SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR SEVERAL RICH BOYS. A HARD KNOCK LIFE
NOT ALL OF JAMIES FRIENDS WERE BORN RICH, CHRISTINA FLOYD, THE DAUGHTER OF A GOLF PROTEGE SHOWS THE OTHER SIDE. ON A TOUR OF SOUTH HAMPTON, THROWING STATEMENTS LIKE THE WASP-YEST OF THE WASPS “I BROUGHT FOUR JEWISH FRIENDS TO THE BATHING CORP. FOR LUNCH.” “THE PEOPLE AT THE CLUB MAY NOT BE THAT EXCITED IF I CAME WITH A BLACK PERSON” NO SCENE, ON SCANDAL, JUST AN EXALTATION FROM POLITE SOCIETY. SO WHILE SOME PHILANTHROPISTS MAY DONATE MILLIONS TO MINORITIES, AND EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS, THERE ARE UNSPOKEN RULES OF LAW.
JUST LIKE IN COURTLY SOCIETY. THE POWER ALWAYS STAYS IN THE FAMILY. THAT’S ANOTHER UNSPOKEN REALITY IN THE UPPER ECHELONS, SO SEEING HOW LIMITED THE OPTIONS ARE FOR AN HEIR OR HEIRESS WHO CAN HAVE ANYONE THEY DESIRE, THE TRUE PARADIGM STARTS TO SHOW ITSELF. THE FACT THAT THERE WERE “NO NEW PEOPLE” IN THEIR SOCIAL CIRCLE AFTER 10TH GRADE, MAKES THE DATING SCENE RATHER INCESTUOUS TO SAY THE LEAST. A TYPICAL SUMMER NIGHT SEES THE CLIQUE SITTING ACROSS TABLES FROM EACH OTHER AT CONSCIENCE POINT. “THE PLEASURE EXTINGUISHES ITSELF VERY QUICKLY” EXPLAINS CODY
WHAT QUICKLY BECOMES APPARENT IS THE ORNATELY GUILDED, INVISIBLE CAGES THESE HEIRS LIVE IN. WHERE THEY HAVE TO BE SEEN, WHO THEY CAN AND CAN’T BE SEEN WITH. WHO CAN YOU TRUST, WHO YOUR REAL FRIENDS ARE, WHO THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MARRY. BEING BORN RICH IS SOMETHING WORTH EXPERIENCING FOR SURE.
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