Thread by @robkhenderson

"Status-Income Disequilibrium (SID). The sufferers of this malady have jobs that give them high status but low income...sufferers include journalists, editors, TV producers, White House aides, military brass, politicians who aren't independently wealthy" weeklystandard.com/david-brooks/t…

"On one end is the Monied Class, those with plenty of dough who can use it to acquire status...I am more concerned with the Titled Class...Senior Fellow, Editor in Chief, Assistant to the Secretary. Or titles that include an employer's name--the New York Times, the White House"

"The Titled Class has always resented and secretly envied the Monied Class...the rich used to be remote. An investment banker went to Andover and Princeton...But in the new media age, the radio producer also went to Andover and Princeton" Fun, interesting from @nytdavidbrooks

"Titled people are paid to be interesting..to read and think and come up with interesting things to say (it's astonishing that so many do this job so badly). And the rich feel vulnerable because despite their vast resources they rely on the publicity machine for good reputations"

"SID sufferer will congratulate himself on choosing a profession that doesn't offer big financial rewards...He does not mention to himself that he lacks the quantitative skills to be an investment banker, and he is unable to focus on things that bore him, the way lawyers can"