Comment by FrustratedMonky
Comment by FrustratedMonky a day 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.
If 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.