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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lbf522" data-source="post: 428576" data-attributes="member: 393">First of I see the Ewings and the Carringtons to be similar to the Rockefeller and the Vanderbilt families.  The Vanderbilts needed to be the center of attention and the at  same time squander that vast fortune that the Commodore created.  Having castles built with marble floors and having homes with 800 rooms which is absurd unless  you are going to build a hospital or a hotel.  Now the Rockefellers were smart.  So smart they still have their fortune today.  They were not as interested in having attention on them but preferred doing things quietly and behind the scenes as well as investing and spreading their money around.  Also their homes had 40 rooms. Its like that old saying, "The first generation creates the fortune, the second generation sustains it, and the third generation squanders it.</blockquote>