• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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    Pratchett mentions generational wealth as well, noting the attics full of furniture and sturdy tweeds which could be handed down, and the estate itself, which could not only house innumerable family members and friends and their servants, but also provided income from rents and food from the gardens, fields, and animal pens. It’s just more spread about, whereas the Boots Theory of Poverty is a complete thought.