> somehow, people feel entitled to such a lifestyle regardless of their ability to finance it. How do you think Google and Facebook are trillion $ companies? T

> somehow, people feel entitled to such a lifestyle regardless of their ability to finance it. How do you think Google and Facebook are trillion $ companies? They run targeted advertising to induce consumer demand via manipulation-as-a-service ("Hey advertisers, not enough people willingly going out to buy your $70 clothes made for $1? Here's the people susceptible to feeling inadequate when you show them how much sexier they'll be after their purchase). The $ they skim has to come from someone's pockets at the end of the day.