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Quotation from The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen
“Drunkenness and the other pathological consequences of the free use of stimulants therefore tend in their turn to become honorific, as being a mark, at the second remove, of the superior status of those who are able to afford the indulgence.”
The Theory of the Leisure Class, Chapter Four, Conspicuous Consumption (Project Gutenberg text)
In a passage on intoxicating beverages and narcotics as goods reserved to the higher classes.
Citation: "Drunkenness and the other pathological consequences of the free use of stimulants therefore tend in their turn to become honorific, as being a mark, at the second remove, of the superior status of those who are able to afford the indulgence." — Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class, Chapter Four, Conspicuous Consumption (Project Gutenberg text). (id veblen-theory-of-the-leisure-class-q5)
Portrait: Veblen3a, Unknown, Public domain.
