The bar on lifestyles has been raised all across the board. We live like 18th and 19th century royalty. Royalty today, which is anyone with money, have a lifestyle far beyond anyone in that time could have imagined.<p>The ability to fly anywhere in the world to buy a pair of shoes and be home for dinner, or summon a fleet of contractors and machines and build a new palace in a matter of months - Thomas Jefferson would have considered these god-like powers. But they're available to anyone with a net worth north of $100m - which is literally tens of thousands of people.<p>Moreover, 18th and 19th century royalty could afford to hire an army of servants to see to their every need. Most people today are lucky to be able to afford a house cleaner once a week. Forget about a cook or a driver.