The guy (or gal) above you is not marginalizing unemployment. They are trivializing the new leisure class as talked about by Thorstein Veblen. Except instead of

The guy (or gal) above you is not marginalizing unemployment. They are trivializing the new leisure class as talked about by Thorstein Veblen. Except instead of conspicuous consumption, they are engaging in poverty tourism. Don't be fooled by these folks, they have well funded trust funds and have never worked a day in their life. Rather than buying a new car to inspire their neighbor's envy, they are trying to build credibility around their "worldliness". However, they are doing very little to actively improve the situation of those people actually struggling and disenfranchised.