Wealth is Power

             Wealth and power is a metaphor because they have greatly in common yet they don't actually mean indistinguishably.
             People, who perceive a wealthy person, can feel a substantial presence among them, and average people have stereotypes of wealthy people owning power, which is actually pretty accurate. Wealth brings fame which brings power. When there is a wealthy person, they have more power than an average person. Think of all the politicians, actors, athletes, corporate businessmen, and others who have much wealth. With their wealth, they have created a type of power that many others, mostly average people, cannot acquire, such as an alluring lifestyle and fortune.
             People treat people who are wealthy with a more courteous and pleasant behavior in social areas, such as restaurants. They treat the wealthy a step above the normal people. The wealthy obtain the best table, get a hold of the best waiters and waitresses, and they are given their orders quicker. That is the power that wealthy people encompass compared to the people who are not as wealthy. Wealthy people use their wealth to become the head of a business or politics. If you see all candidates who are running for president and presidents from the past and present, they were all wealthy and with their wealth, they gained power and support of the people. The wealth brought them power. The wealthier that a person becomes, the more breaks the person receives over people who are not as rich. If a person is wealthy, they have the power to hold better lawyers, defense attorneys, and they have a propensity to win a court case more.
             Think of O.J Simpson, Ray Lewis, and Kobe Bryant, all wealthy athletes, who were not guilty for their crimes even though if it was another person committing that crime would get incarcerated, due to their power and popularity amongst the people. They have received a special power that wealthy and famous people tend to get. Think
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