A) The piece could be a joke.
B) If it isn't, no one held a gun to her head and forced her to be wealthy/live a privileged life. She chose to take on that lifestyle. And do we should now pity her - if she is real - because she chose to live that way, and now cannot deal with the anxiety re: pedicures without having to take "tranquilizers," etc.? Give me a break.
After reading about US auto plant closings for th rest of the year, the Chicago factory occupation, the huge upswing in southern US personal bankruptcy flings among the working class, etc., my sympathy for the sort of caricature that Ms. "Alexandra Penney" represents (if she's real) is nonexistent.
Class hatred? You bet. If it's real. Huge qualifier, there. I prefer to think The Daily Beast is just taking the piss, though.
-B.
Bill Bartlett wrote:
"I think you are all being a bit harsh here, the poor woman represents the type who would suffer a lot more hardship than me if they tried to live on my income. Because they don't know how."