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
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600 shots. #balltoohard by williamthewhale
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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
For a person who comes into money, it’ll just make them more of what they already are. If they are charitable, they will be that much more so. If they are a jerk….well…..yeah, they’ll just be a bigger one.
these kids are the chase jarvis of high school
I wonder if they were worried about Instagram selling their pics?!
Blimey, this is a difficult one to judge.
For me personally it doesn’t bother me as it neither affects my life or changes it. If people wish to show themselves off like this then so be it. What makes me wonder and curious however is the motives behind it. If it’s purely showing off then if criticism comes their way then they shouldn’t be surprised. If the supposed crassness is down to naivety then surely you have to worry about who will be running our countries and major businesses in the next 15-30 years as political posts and CEO’s generally come from privileged backgrounds, don’t they?
In reply to a comment left above which went something along the lines of “The truly wealthy don’t act like this”……”They don’t flaunt it” Well I guess that depends on what you class as flaunting it. Take the joint owner of the Football Club (Soccer) I support here in the East End of London. This fella is very wealthy and likes to have TV interviews done at his mansion on the garden patio with his private helicopter in full view in the background. To some that just wouldn’t go down well at all. A lot of the supporters of the club come from very poor backgrounds and yet do they need to be taunted by the owner of our club showing off his wealth every chance he gets?
I don’t know, like I said above, it’s a difficult one to judge.
Everyone who talks of the poor in this article needs to grow up. It’s not the rich’s responsibility to feed the poor, IT’S YOUR OWN TO FEED YOURSELF!! If you want nice things work hard, make money. Simple. That’s not to say these kids don’t have issues, but it’s not money that has caused it. Money was the enabler, but lack of parenting & too much coddling was the cause. That’s why kids who aren’t rich, have the same issues adjusting to society. BTW some of these kids might have made their own money, if so & that’s what they want to spend it on, so be it! Some look to be spending on experiences anyway, not materials. But trends show this isn’t the case, as rich kids generally are bums. Irony is, they’ll waste away their parents money & be right where the middle class is anyway by death. So I say read “atlas shrugged”, change your mindset, and get to work, if these images get you mad!