Inherited wealth is presented by microcelebrities as earned merit.
Evidence
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#christianlouboutin#louboutins#thispandareignwontletup#mensfashion.” It garnered comments like “wow you are wealthy! so many louboutins!” Lim responds, “I’m not wealthy i work hard.” The commenter responds, “how do you work hard to achieve that? thats like impossible!” to which Lim replies, with a (virtual) grin, “we Asians work hard.” While Lim may, indeed, work hard at his studies, it is unlikely that the average merchandising college student would be able to amass more than fifty pairs of Louboutin loafers (1,395 each) or four diamond Cartier love bracelets (10,200 each). Lim is rumored to be the son of Singaporean billionaire Peter Lim, one of the richest people on the planet. His wealth comes, presumably, from inheritance. Still, Lim furthers the mythos of meritocracy in stating that his shelves of designer clothes from Hermès and Balenciaga are the rewards of his labor. — Alice E. Marwick, Instafame, 67
Categorization
- CANDY: A rich heir with dozens of $1,395 Louboutins replying ‘we Asians work hard’ to a fan is a compact, grimly funny anecdote.
- XREF: Connects to the paper’s own broader argument about aspirational production and meritocracy myths on Instagram. — connects to: Inherited wealth is framed by its displayers as earned. — Alice E. Marwick, Instafame: Luxury Selfies in the…, 67; White families conflate inherited advantage with earned merit.; Naming intergenerational luck undermines belief that wealth comes from merit alone — Dorothy A. Brown, The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax…, 541 (+1 more)
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- Inherited wealth is framed by its displayers as earned. (similarity 0.89)
Broader Connections
- Inherited wealth is framed by its displayers as earned.
#expands(0.95) — Alice E. Marwick, Instafame, 67 - Wealth advantages are rendered invisible by those who benefit from them
#complicates(0.80) — Dorothy A. Brown, The Whiteness of Wealth, 428 - Naming intergenerational luck undermines belief that wealth comes from merit alone
#corroborates(0.75) — Dorothy A. Brown, The Whiteness of Wealth, 541 - White families conflate inherited advantage with earned merit.
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