他们想要的市场提供的财富，要没有竞争激烈又不断变化的社会；复杂的处理问题；城市中心的主导地位；以及随之而来的独立性的丧失。
They wanted the wealth that the market offered without the competitive, changing society; the complex dealing; the dominance of urban centers; and the loss of independence that came with it.
随着财富的增长，这种对地位象征的竞争变得越来越激烈。
As wealth grows, the competition for such status symbols only becomes more intense.
地位总是一个相关的因素，它与金钱相关联，因为它驱动着赚取更多财富的渴望，以便在竞争中胜出。
Status, though, is always relative: it is linked to money because it drives the desire to make more of the stuff in order to outdo the competition.
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