Why is it that offsprings of wealthy parents, such as Paris Hilton are called "socialites" and not unemployed?
961053
Because they have inherited money and don't have to work if they don't want to.The Social Register is a list of very wealthy people they are called socialites
607668
None because celebrities are too self centered to have children in the first place. And probably the poor child ends up getting raised by some under paid nanny.
161841
Not at all.\nParis got her stardom because her family owns the Hilton hotel chain. This conveys the message to young girls that a wealthy inheritance alone is going to make you likeable. That's not the case.\nShe is also skinny in a way that appears to be eating disorder related. This is an unhealthy and dangerous image for younger girls to have.\nHer choices are also impulsive. The videotape of her sexual acts at a party that got distributed on the Internet are an example of this. She teaches that it's OK to have sex with strangers in public. That it's ok to do whatever you like without any morals or conscience.\nI cannot claim to know what she's really like as I do not watch everything that goes on with her. But that is the kind of image I see projected coming from her from what I have seen. That is why I do not think she's a good role model for younger girls.\nThat's just my take on this matter.
425497
In the US, you have a chance to make somehthing out of yourself, no matter where you comes from or your socio-econimic status.  There is no aristocracy in the US.  We are what we are driven to be.
108719
I think people who don't have great wealth desire it because they think it will bring happiness.  Sure it would be nice to live comfortably, but money does not necessarily bring happiness.  I know several millionaires from when I worked in oil & gas in Houston and they were mostly miserable souls. They fought over more & more money and worried constantly about how to keep from losing it. Their kids were on drugs and had alcohol problems in and out of rehab.  I'm basically poor, but I've never been happier at this time in my life.
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I have to ask, who, in the world that is 'celebrity', do you think is of a higher social standing. Most of them are complete no-bodies, junkies alkies adulterers, the z-listers who reduce our news papers to gutter rags. They probably dont bother wiping their butts, there no better than us, infact, probably a damn site worse. A bit like the royal family.
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The single most accurate predictor of a person's level of wealth is the level of wealth of that person's parents. That is, the children of rich people are almost always rich, while the children of poor people are almost always poor.  If you exclude people like entertainers, athletes, lottery jackpot winners, and those who have won millions is a lawsuit, it is even more likely that children of poor parents, will themselves be poor. \n\nGiven that traits like laziness and stupidity are just as likely to be seen in the children of the rich as in the children of the poor, this tells me that it is something other than laziness and/or stupidity causing poor people to be poor. \n\nThe fortunate like to think that poor people are poor because of stupidity and laziness. That allows them to pat themselves on the back for being intelligent and industrious; their being UN-poor proves that they possess these qualities in abundance, right?
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Because affluent people tend to socialize around activities, like sailing or tennis, and can afford to travel and pay for those activites, while people with modest incomes make do with the people around them.\n\nNeither is better than the other - the poorer people have a greater sense of community in the immediate nearby sense, while the affluent people combine their business networking in with things they like to do, because they can afford to.\n\nAt least, that's the way I see it.
150380
No she is just a spoiled rich kid, and if it wasn't for her being a Hilton she wouldn't even be popular.
934229
I think you are mixing up cause and effect here. Lifestyle eg how active you are etc comes from your genes not the other way around. If someone is fit, active, well educated they will be socially able to provide a good foundation for a child, but again this is nothing to do with genetics.
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It's a fad.  \n\nI mean I'm sure there's a time they actually wanted to do something nice, like adopt a child but anymore so I think these kids are like pets to them. They get the celebs in the news...then they neglect the kids....\n\nI don't think it Jolies case it's a pregnancy case, it think it's an  attention thing. In the meantime, she's neglecting her ethiopeans while trying to save the world. >.<   Why can't we just worry about out own damn country?
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SOME RICH PEOPLE DO THAT, & SOME CELEBRITIES TOO, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERY RICH PERSON OR EVERY CELEBRITIE LIKES TO, OR ENJOYS RUNNING OTHER PEOPLES LIVES. SO WITH THAT STATEMENT, YOU ARE NOT 100% CORRECT.\n\nFOR EXAMPLE: BILL GATES ( CO-FOUNDER OF MICROSOFT/WINDOWS ) ALSO A MULTI-BILLIONARE AND IF NOT THE RICHEST MAN IN THE USA THEN PRETTY DAMN CLOSE ........\nHE & HIS WIFE HELP WITH SO MANY CHARITABLE BENEFIT PROGRAMS FOR VARIOUS CAUSES...AND BILL GATES ALSO DONATED $45 BILLION DOLLARS FOR A CHARITY THAT HIS WIFE HAD STARTED ALSO HELPS UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD AND HAS RECENTLY SAID THAT " IF THOSE OF US WHO HAVE MONEY AND DON'T USE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO HELP OUT AND BENEFIT MANKIND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, THEN WHAT IS THE POINT OF MAKING THE MONEY IF YOU CAN'T HELP BETTER THE WORLD WITH IT." - BILL GATES \n\nSO YOU SHOULD REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR COMMENT AND SEE FOR YOURSELF WHAT REALLY THE CASE MAY BE. * YOU SOUND SOMEWHAT BITTER ABOUT RICH PEOPLE AND CELEBRITIES...HOW ABOUT YOU NOT BEING A HATER SO MUCH??
588440
I think they will become something better than a celeberty.I think they will try to make a better life for children across the world.Because they themselves are going to given the chance to live a unique life style with their parents.
936646
Pretty rich coming from a French girl. They don't call your lot, Frogs, for nothing.
1011718
Networking ,connections get your name out where wealthy people gather. With the demand for housing in Vegas I wonder why you aren't getting that type of buyers already go after your clients but in a classy way.
1080646
They have never had to work for the things they have. \n\nThink Paris Hilton......
739043
Some people are lucky enough to have family money behind them, but many are real enthusiastic,self motivated go getters.  They strive to achieve and do.  Some of it comes down to attitude, if you can convince others to believe in you and open their wallet you don't always need the family funds.  I imagine if your talking about trading and brokers youre looking at a business degree, and maybe an economics major.  That's a personal decision.  And you do know meet the parents is a movie and purely based on fiction . Right?