The rich can have each other
Re “L.A.’s new clubs — for members only,” Sept. 10
Your article on new members-only social clubs popping up around L.A. was a distressing example of the “meism” culture we have succumbed to nowadays. Instead of paying lip service to the illusion of exclusivity, power and cachet, your words would have been more appropriate for a critical editorial.
One club member states that “people really wanted to make their circles smaller ... to ensure discretion.” This sense of social insulation offers new meaning to the expression “my club.”
In his book “Sapiens,” historian Yuval Noah Harari says it best: “With selfmade gods to keep us company, we are accountable to no one ... seeking little more than our own comfort and entertainment, yet never finding satisfaction.”
William K. Solberg
Los Angeles
Oh, please! Why did The Times devote front-page space to a story about a bunch of insecure rich people ponying up tens of thousands of dollars to belong to exclusive private clubs?
When our region has significant issues of housing, poverty, drug addiction, abuse, police brutality, unemployment and crime, all desperately needing our full attention to resolve, The Times chose to cover this small group of elites who use their money to run away from these problems and hide in their castles of egomania.
Please cover the real news of Southern California, not the faux news of faux elites.
Donald Bentley
La Puente