Economics

I can't say anything really coherent. Can I just kinda bellow in random rage and have that work as a "sympathy with others like me, and I totally understand what this rich guy is talking about" thing?

I have never spent $15 on a tie in my life. I'm pretty sure I could get a whole batch of ties for that much.

Funny that you mention the ties. I hate ties. I hate suits too. They're essentially taxes, a direct transfer of income from you to your employer, since the image you're maintaining is principally theirs and not yours. But your comment about the tie reminded me of something else - $15 is about the least I can get away with. I made an emergency buy of a tie after spilling teriyaki on the one I was wearing and went to a nicer store than usual - it was $60, and I knew it would be around there, but I was in a hurry. See, ties less than $15 look like ties less than $15, so while it's possible to purchase them, it isn't possible to wear them and maintain the illusion your employer requires.

One final way in which all things favor the moneyed incumbent - the older, more established, wealthier lawyers often wear shitty ties and the cheap sport coats, because they don't need to engage in the fiction. They know the judges, they have an established client base. The guys who spend all their scratch on ties and suits are the young attorneys, the ones with the least money, because they have to look as established as possible - even the guys who are still living with their parents (suddenly much more common in the legal field).

It follows from this that many of the Grand Assholes of Jurisprudence are the old guys who still insist on the really expensive shit. It's as good a litmus as any.

Bellowing in random rage is truly the best response.

Thanks for the mention!