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Unfortunately we do like rich people. We do hold them up as hero's. We fantasize about being rich. Watch shows about their lives, etc... Bruce Wayne was rich.
by FrustratedMonky 11mo ago
Unfortunately we do like rich people. We do hold them up as hero's. We fantasize about being rich. Watch shows about their lives, etc...
Bruce Wayne was rich. Those fancy suits and cars aren't cheap.
Tony Stark was rich. Fancy robot tech isn't cheap.
It takes money to actually do anything. Super Hero stories about rich people. We idolize making a difference with the money.
- omnicognate 11mo agoIf by "we" you mean US popular culture, yes. It's not universal, and definitely varies by country. In the UK we don't tend to idolise the rich so much. Not to say it doesn't happen, but in popular culture positive depictions tend to be limited to period portrayals of idealised aristocracy (and even then it's rarely shown as heroic), with contemporary wealth usually treated as a dubious virtue.
- FrustratedMonky 11mo agoYes. Good point. This is a pretty US specific cultural phenomenon. Probably rooted in the 'self made man', 'rugged individualism'. Go West to make your fortune. We forget the US is pretty young, and still has a lot of culture based on colonizing the west, taming the wilderness to find your riches.