wrote a science fiction novel entitled describes The Midas Plague. Anthony Sampson describes it.It visualized future America in which most of the population were forced to maintain high consumption through ration books that condemned them to live in huge houses, drive big cars, and eat elaborate meals. (Sampson, 150)The story describes life how it will be in the future. Though the story was science fiction, isn't this what is really happening? Only a few of the world's population have great wealth, meaning that the lower class is forced to lead the lives of servants, doing the work for the rich. King Midas was one of the people who possessed such great wealth. He wanted everything at that moment without working hard to get it.A story Working Woman published in February of 1991 entitled Where Have All the Yuppies Gone?, the topic of "wealthy snobs" was discussed. It reads:They were the people you loved to hate, even if they sometimes seemed uncomfortably familiar. Your brother-in-law with the pricey condo? He was a yuppie. So was your friend, the takeover lawyer with the personal trainer. You? You were nothing like them. You bought just the things you absolutely needed-like free-range chicken and cashmere sweaters. (Pomper, 1991)Most people will be the first ones to ridicule others on how they flaunt their money and how they buy expensive things only to brag about them. Modern day society always thinks that they are the ones who may say if someone else is doing something wrong. If those people are working hard to achieve their money, then they deserve to spend it any way they want to. But, if they just cashed in on their trust fund and are living off the interest, then they do deserve to be ridiculed. It is these people who aren't going to know what to do if they lose all of their money if the stock market crashes or their business goes bankrupt. They don't seem to realize the possible negative consequences that may re...
