Most of us feel resentment when we see a rich person behaving badly, a spoiled celebrity angry because someone forgot to pick out the green M&Ms, or some other tinyy, ridiculous thing.
When it comes to celebrities or other wealthy people who (we see) living such a priviliged lifestyle, the problem is that the millions and luxury lifestyle have been part of your life for so long that they become invisible, and then the only things that are visible are the little annoyances.
To be like this is not being an asshole, it's only being human.
Consider most people who become petulant and annoyed over such little things; whether the new amazing console coming out will allow them to share games, or that the new super-hero film didn't match their precise expectations, or any other first world problem.
The vast majority of these people don't have to worry about whether there will be a roof over their heads today, if they will be able to feed themselves, will they be able to save their child's life from a preventable disease.
To a significant portion of the human population these are still genuine problems.
From our point of view, the difference between us and someone very wealthy is significant. Someone rich should should know how lucky he is and never ever complain or behave with petulance. We (from our point of view) are nowhere near the level of wealth and success where we should consider ourselves so lucky that we should never complain about anything.
However, from the point of view of many people on earth, the difference between us and someone we see as rich might as well be imperceptible. By that logic, we should never ever complain about anything either.
Which is impossible, because we are all human.
When it comes to celebrities or other wealthy people who (we see) living such a priviliged lifestyle, the problem is that the millions and luxury lifestyle have been part of your life for so long that they become invisible, and then the only things that are visible are the little annoyances.
To be like this is not being an asshole, it's only being human.
Consider most people who become petulant and annoyed over such little things; whether the new amazing console coming out will allow them to share games, or that the new super-hero film didn't match their precise expectations, or any other first world problem.
The vast majority of these people don't have to worry about whether there will be a roof over their heads today, if they will be able to feed themselves, will they be able to save their child's life from a preventable disease.
To a significant portion of the human population these are still genuine problems.
From our point of view, the difference between us and someone very wealthy is significant. Someone rich should should know how lucky he is and never ever complain or behave with petulance. We (from our point of view) are nowhere near the level of wealth and success where we should consider ourselves so lucky that we should never complain about anything.
However, from the point of view of many people on earth, the difference between us and someone we see as rich might as well be imperceptible. By that logic, we should never ever complain about anything either.
Which is impossible, because we are all human.
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