Why you need a posse
If you are wealthy and famous then you are going to need someone to protect you from the autograph-seeking masses. To drive you where you need to go so that you avoid accidents and lawsuits, to pave the way by handling all the little details of going outdoors that people of your caliber should not be expected to do.
If you were once poor you want to find people who knew you back then so that you have somebody to stand witness to how awesome you are for pulling yourself up out of poverty. Somebody to applaud all the little feats of awesomeness that the regular public would never get to see.
An entourage is a status symbol. It says that you have so much money that you can afford to pay people just to hang around and do meaningless shit.
If you are poor you need to appear en masse so as to be seen, to draw attention to yourself, to intimidate and feel powerful. One poor person intimidates no one, several, however might be out to rob the place or cause trouble. The anonymity of poverty is a great enough burden that even the stare of a security guard is worth something. Better to be seen by them than by nobody at all.
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