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'''Basic Trope''': [[You Fail Logic Forever|The dubious claim]] that a position or opinion is correct because it's supported by the rich and/or famous.
* '''Straight''': An opinion gains support among the middle and lower classes because they've heard that the nobles support that idea.
* '''Exaggerated''': Everything that the wealthy classes claim an opinion on is accepted as fact and adopted by the lower classes, from who to vote for from what breakfast cereal to eat.
* '''Justified''':
** The wealthy have access to more resources and better education, so they have a better chance of being right -- or, at least, having enough influence to ensure that they can convince others that they're right.
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* '''Parodied''': A wealthy person suggests doing something so obviously ludicrous that his fellows immediately look out the window to see the poorer people doing it, just to amuse themselves.
* '''Deconstructed''': It soon appears that the rich are the only people taken seriously, so the poor aped them in hopes of getting some respect.
* '''Reconstructed''': The real problem is that the poor ape their
* '''Zig Zagged''': The poorer people are selective about whether or not they unthinkingly believe or disbelieve the richer people, and their selections have no basis on anything other than apparent capriciousness.
* '''Averted''': A rich man's opinion isn't taken any more seriously than a poor one's.
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