9 June

This is Nicolas Fouquet. He was treasurer to Louis XIV, in the 17th century. And a beautiful example of how status works. He threw an enormous party for the King, to honour him. The party was incredibly popular and successful. What did the King say and do? He got one of the Three Musketeers to arrest Fouquet and throw him in jail the very next day. He kept him in solitary confinement there for the rest of his life. Never be more popular than the person above you.