Values Wealth More Than He Should

Value
Common, Moderate: 10 Points • Common, Strong: 15 Points • Common, Total: 20 Points
Description
A character with this Psychological Complication sees the possession of wealth to have more of a social value than it actually does. This Complication doesn't have anything to do with being Greedy, but rather affects how the character views people at different economic levels to their own. Specifically, the character believes that people who are wealthier than they are seen as inherently "better" than people who are poorer. Thus, he grants the wealthy more credibility. more respect, and a greater benefit of the doubt than poor people will receive from him when the two are in disupute. He sees the rich as smarter than poor people, and absolutely treats them with more courtesy than he does poor people.
If the character is himself wealthy (which is not a requirement, since poor or working-class people are just as susceptible to this Complication as rich people), this could lead to feelings of Noblesse Oblige. When a wealthy character takes this Complication to the Total level, it becomes Aristocratic Arrogance. Naturally, the character should not take this Complication in combination with either of those two, as they overlap.
See Also
Aristocratic Arrogance, Aristocratic/Regal Attitude, Ashamed of His Low Class Backgrond, Class Conscious, Greedy, and Noblesse Oblige
Category:Complications
Category:Psychological Complications
Category:Psychological Complications U - V
Category:Hatreds
Category:Prejudices