1.0Cranachhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveithGene Veithhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/author/geneveith/Luxury Beliefsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fi9bY6QMtG"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2023/10/luxury-beliefs-2/">Luxury Beliefs</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2023/10/luxury-beliefs-2/embed/#?secret=fi9bY6QMtG" width="600" height="338" title="“Luxury Beliefs” — Cranach" data-secret="fi9bY6QMtG" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/305/2023/10/protest-155927_640.png640607Traditionally, elites signaled their social status by means of their possessions. But today even the lower and middle classes have access to what were once luxury goods. So new status symbols have arisen: beliefs, which elevate the elite over the vulgar masses and enable them to identify each other, without requiring much of them.