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Posted By: Aaron M.

I imagine that Bruce grew up with little money or surrounded by those who had more money than his family (and he in turn viewed those people as "better" than him) did and it has left him with a vast inferiority complex. So for him, it's not enough to have money, and it's not even enough that he tell everyone he has money, but that he actually feels contemptuous toward those who don't have money. Really, Bruce just hates himself.

I think this is why Bruce uses terms like "whilst" and refers to hismelf in the plural. It's how he imagines cultured or well-heeled people conduct themselves and that is what he so desperately aspires to be.

Bruce would make for a fascinating character study.