I love a good movie, or play. I enjoy local athletes and music . These all seem like healthy ways to entertain people, keep in shape and fulfill the need of people to do what they are good at.
That being said, I do not find actors, athletes, or anyone else worthy of being treated like royalty - unless they are working towards the common good of humankind. Simply indulging themselves in excessive life styles does not make them special. It makes them self serving and greedy.
The idea that making a lot of money makes you a great person is founded on shaky ground. Making a lot of money can be the equivalent of storing all the neighborhood nuts in your yard while the neighbors go hungry.
Ideally everyone should do what they are good at, but if that is fleecing the flock, who needs it? There are other people who could probably do similar things and still make the world a better place.
So I am not impressed with fancy cars and clothes, giant homes for one or two people, consumption for consumption's sake. I want to know what you give to the world, not what you give to yourself.
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