From the G6 to the yacht to the private island. by samuelfastlicht
When you combine youth, unlimited cash and iPhone technology, you get braggadocios photographic evidence of a lavish lifestyle. Also known as the Rich Kids of Instagram. At first glance, this Tumblr is so ridiculously over the top it’s laughable. But a deeper look reveals for me some cultural sadness…privileged kids posting bar tab receipts that cost more than four years of college at a private university and talking shit about it. Depending on your mood – it can be entertaining or awful.
But if art (or curation) is aimed to send a message, make a claim, create a reaction, my take is that this tumblr is worthy of your time – even if it’s to feel the weirdness.
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Side note, here’s an interesting article: On Raising Kids Who Seem to Have it All by Peggy Drexler. Peggy is writing a book about the impact of wealth on childrearing. She has a more empathetic outlook on these kids:
As absurd as it might sound to many, it’s not easy being a rich kid. Their parents tend to have high expectations. There’s nothing wrong with wanting your daughter to go to the best school, but you also want her to learn to be a good person, and encouraging achievement over character-building can mean kids never quite figure out who they are. They think their money is their most notable quality. And so they learn to use it — to buy affection, or friends.
For the rest of us, peering in on this group of not just the “1 percent”, but the one 1/100 of a %, there is an escape to a life of private jets, yachts, and more…either as a dream, or a nightmare. In both cases – worth the look.
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Off to London. by mohammedbinthani_70 #loadupthecar
Strategic pour by The Doc by joshpad
Mondays aren’t so bad. by seanmaicher #trustfunded
My dad on the left. I can hear his thoughts “who is this monster I created?” #christianlouboutin by kanel_k
350 gallon tank #hybridboat #fuelefficient #globalwarming by captaiinkevv
How was your Thanksgiving? by frankienastasi #ferrari
600 shots. #balltoohard by williamthewhale
Watch Wednesday, which should I pick? #rolex #hublot by vinideoebraganca
Irony at its finest. by nickchambon
#Gold #platinum Bars #Gift putting in the bank by yerayel
When my dad wanted to buy us dune buggies I thought he was kidding… Apparently not. by annabelschwartz
Curiously apolitical comments for the most part, considering today’s gross inequality is the result of 30 years of tax policies:
http://www.oecd.org/els/soc/dividedwestandwhyinequalitykeepsrising.htm
And considering these policies benefit less than 1% and harm nearly 100%.
And since the economy is in perpetual decline as the people formerly known as middle class consumers can no longer make or borrow enough to create demand, thus creating jobs.
Comments tend to focus on the personal: jealousy, envy, taste, lifestyle, values, relationships. It’s as if we don’t have the language to deal with institutional corruption – or indeed democracy. Personally I feel the comment about the kids on the beach resonated. I can’t change the world, ie. you, but I can spend lots of time with my kids as a way of apologising for the lack of a future for them. They are *so* fucked: no education, no jobs, no energy revolution; instead, stagnation, social collapse, ponziconomy, perpetual war, a climate no longer capable of sustaining civilisation. (When temps rise 4 degrees its a free for all – kill or be killed – survival of the richest.) We live each day as our last and spoil the children with our time and attention. The unbelievable truth: we have the ability and resources and wealth to transform the world – we just don’t feel like it.
*My economic status is no ones business.
There is nothing wrong with enjoying one’s wealth. There’s nothing morally wrong with flaunting it either, but I do believe that flaunting is in bad taste. I know that if I were as rich as these children’s parents, I would not allow my child to display my wealth especially not In such a pretentious manner. I’m private and don’t like to behave in any way that will bring me undue attention. Beeconomic status is no ones business.
Mary spends too much on perfume, pours it all out on Jesus’ feet, and dries them with her hair. Judas says, “What a waste, think of all the good you could do with that.” Jesus says, “Leave her alone.”
Could I borrow $10.00?