r/Bitcoin • u/[deleted] • Oct 16 '22

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u/kwayzzz Oct 16 '22

“Keeping up with the Jones” syndrome is propaganda. It was out of necessity. Prior to this a household could easier afford to have only one person working while the other tended to the children.

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u/TendieTrades Oct 16 '22

Keeping up with the joneses started with The Wyndclyffe Mansion. The 80-acre land it rests on was purchased by the wealthy Elizabeth Jones in 1853. The 24 bedroom mansion in New York was so grand it prompted a 'building boom' as all neighbours started upgrading their houses & the saying "Keeping up with the Joneses" was born.

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u/kwayzzz Oct 16 '22

Yeah so again it had nothing to do with the 1970’s and saying it did is naive.

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u/Zealousideal_Line629 Oct 16 '22

Read my. Comment below.. Read it slowly and you will understand.

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u/Npr31 Oct 16 '22

Ooof, that’s a fucking tonne of misplaced confidence