This is a thing for as long as human civilisation exists.

At what scale thiugh? When I was in school kids wanted to be firefighters or astronauts, now they want to be social media influencers

simmerup a day ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s not really though. Plenty of classical civilisations saw wealth chasing and work something to be looked down on

	▲	DonsDiscountGas 21 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Exactly zero civilizations large enough to deserve the name had exactly one ideology
	▲	charlieyu1 19 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		In the old age, having money only without power to protect it was asking for trouble.
	▲	nradov a day ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Is that why those civilizations ultimately collapsed?
	▲	Maxatar 18 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yes that's true, many classical civilizations saw work as a role for slaves. The ideal for classical elites wasn't to work, it was to have enough slaves that you didn't have to work yourself. Aristotle in particular writes about this in his defense for the institution of slavery.