In class we learned about term called new money. This is the name given to people in the upper class who have recently received and earned their money. This includes people like sports stars and new big company owners like bill gates, etc.
When i look at the people who are considered the new money i can view then as the role models of the united states and I feel like that't not a good thing. These are the people we strive to be as they are the ultimate vision of success in our eyes. Our own culture has money and power as two of the top signs of social status. Yet to achieve that ultimate success of becoming new money is near impossible. To achieve that these people have done takes a great deal of work skill and luck which is why few make it to this rank. Yet, with so few able to achieve this ultimate success we all strive for it and ultimately end up in failure. It like the whole population of the U.S going for 2 job openings at the top company. 2 people will be happy but the rest will be left behind depressed and in envy and awe of the people on top. Instead of valuing what we have and being happy with that we see what we could have and what we could be doing and it makes us feel inferior. What we need to do is be able value what we have instead of others even though major success if always shoved in our faces while we are less successful. Just because you don't have millions shouldn't meant you aren't successful in the U.S
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