I think a lot of this boils down to the fact that Sam Vimes is a copper, and sees poverty lead to precarity, and precarity lead to Bad Things Happening In Bad Neighborhoods. The most salient fact about Lady Sybil is that she never has to worry, never is on the rattling edge; she’s always got more stuff, new stuff, old stuff, good stuff. Vimes (at that point in the Discworld series) isn’t especially financially sophisticated, so he narrows it down to the piece he understands best, and builds a theory off of that.
Sam Vimes is a copper, and sees poverty lead to precarity, and precarity lead to Bad Things Happening In Bad Neighborhoods.
Hm, does he? It’s certainly a reasonable guess, but offhand I don’t remember it coming up in the books, and the Thieves and Assassins guilds will change the dynamic compared to what we’d expect on Earth.
I think a lot of this boils down to the fact that Sam Vimes is a copper, and sees poverty lead to precarity, and precarity lead to Bad Things Happening In Bad Neighborhoods. The most salient fact about Lady Sybil is that she never has to worry, never is on the rattling edge; she’s always got more stuff, new stuff, old stuff, good stuff. Vimes (at that point in the Discworld series) isn’t especially financially sophisticated, so he narrows it down to the piece he understands best, and builds a theory off of that.
Hm, does he? It’s certainly a reasonable guess, but offhand I don’t remember it coming up in the books, and the Thieves and Assassins guilds will change the dynamic compared to what we’d expect on Earth.