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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustard" data-source="post: 407655" data-attributes="member: 46">Miss Ellie represents the Texas of old money privilege that is rooted in the land of the Democratic Solid South, a contrast to Jock's new money in Big Oil. That's the basis for the Southworth vs. Ewing conflict and compromise that is Jock and Miss Ellie's marriage. It's hard to seriously understand Dallas the TV series if you don't understand this dynamic in the Ewing family.And someone of Miss Ellie's background (the old aristocratic rich) is far more likely to show charity to the homeless in Texas than the big oil rich people. Why? Because the aristocracy are supremely confident in their own privilege mentally (which also goes far beyond just money in their minds), while the new rich are more insecure in their minds (and what security they have is rooted much more firmly in money).</blockquote>