The Rich don't need community

The Rich don't need community. Nor do they need social capital - they have the real thing. I doubt Tony Blair will ever be accused of lacking a community or social capital because he doesn't know who his neighbours in Connaught Square are. Cherie will not be seen as lacking bridging capital because she hasn't been round to her neighbours to say hello or borrow sugar when she has run out. As John Lanchester says in the Guardian Weekend ("Why the Super-Rich love the UK"): '"Community" that loaded word so beloved of politicians, is simply not a reality in most people's lives. It's normal for us to be cut off from each other. The super-rich, however, are so cut off that they are barely living here at all. Everything that can have the word "private" attached in front of it, they have: schools, hospitals, jets, islands." So much for "we are all in this together"'