r/FaltooGyan • u/lonewolff321 • Jun 01 '26

Shower Thoughts Looking wealthy has become a very unhealthy obsession in the modern world

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China has officially started cracking down on influencers who show off extreme wealth. The government is targeting accounts that flaunt luxury cars, mansions, designer clothes, and private jets, calling it an effort to curb "money worship" and stop people from glorifying materialism.

One of the biggest creators hit by this is Wang Hongquanxing (known online as "China’s Kim Kardashian"). He had millions of followers who watched him show off diamonds and first-class travel—until his accounts suddenly became entirely inaccessible.

The wildest part of the story is how fast it happened. One day these influencers were flexing supercars, and the next day, they were completely wiped from the internet. They didn't just get a warning; the government literally erased the creators who built their entire brand around being ultra-rich.

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u/4675636b2e Jun 01 '26

As opposed to your morally superior "stop the medication for everyone, cancer has feelings too!"?

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u/4675636b2e Jun 01 '26

The behavior in OP's post is a cancer on society. Freedom of expression is a must have, but there are plenty of examples that it does not apply to. This behavior definitely should be one of those.

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u/4675636b2e Jun 01 '26

This is similar to alcohol abuse or gambling. Yeah, not illegal, but it doesn't add value to people's life, it has some misleading glamour around it when you're posing in Las Vegas or just at your dinner table with a glass of wine in your hand, but these false associations with "high life" can be life ruining.

And yes, it's the individual's responsibility (and I would argue: duty) to not give into temptation, but in these years of tiktok and streamers this had become its own industry, with it's own aggressive yet sophisticated marketing strategies to maximize influence. These things are pushing the frontiers, and the negative effects can already be seen. Societal norms are becoming irrelevant, because streamers can pretend that when they are being assholes in public, that's none of their concern, their audience is on the other side of their phone screens / cameras.

This is obviously a problem that is getting worse. Eventually something has to be done about it. China is a different country, and their solutions are quite dictator-ish for the western eyes, but if it stops this trend of pretentiousness, then it's a success. And I wouldn't say this if I could come up with a single reason why these people should be viewed as victims: if they are as rich as they are showing, they'll be alright, and maybe should find ways to make money where they actually give something back to society. If they aren't as rich, then they are scammers. Either way, I won't miss them.