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The Fake Wealth Epidemic That's Infecting Our Culture
The scary thing is — we can see it coming
There are a lot of posers out there with designer clothes and missed child-support payments. Driving the flashiest car, but they still live at home rent-free, unable to move out.
Some of the people you aspire to be are less financially secure than you. Their wealth is fake. It’s propped up by credit cards, fake branded-clothing and AirBnB rentals. They’re living a champagne lifestyle on lemonade money.
This story, however, isn’t about them, it’s about helping those who idolize them. People who aspire to be like their hero, who in real life, is dead broke.
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”- Seneca
The fake wealth problem
Social media has made it easy to fake your wealth. I see people writing books on success from their parent’s house. I see people decked out in Supreme, Gucci (and other big brands) that owe child support… Yes, you’d be surprised what someone would do for a ‘like’.
As Instagram followings grow and YouTube channels soar in subscribers, it’s easy to assume that each member of that person’s tribe…
