Really enjoying this conversation. Elle, I remember that episode well. I think if you're friends with people PRIOR to your economic divergence, it's easier to stay friends. If you have something non-financial to bring you together, you might be able to make friends with people in different socio economic brackets. But it often feels like there is a tension. Unless you go out of your neighborhood, it's hard to break through those barriers. Fortunately, being a writer, I get to meet people from all kinds of backgrounds. I've been in workshops with famous people, and the children of those who cleaned the houses of famous people. And in some ways we could see each other as equals, but it makes me wonder why, in terms of voting and setting up economic systems, we can't or don't PAY people as though we value them as equals. . . Something to think about.