However, some others are more equal than others. So. previously proletariat(working class) may be treated unfairly. Aristocrats were more equal than the proletariat. Now, the Nouveau riche(a derogatory French term referring to those whose wealth has been acquired within their own generation, rather than by familial inheritance. Nouveau riche describes the vulgarity and ostentation of the newly rich man or woman who lacks the worldly experience and the system of values of "old money", of inherited wealth, such as the patriciate, the nobility and the gentry. This is most common in China. Where more of the working class have increased in their income due to the economic boom it experienced during the late 20th century.