40 Things That Have Been Ruined By Wealthy People

It would be quicker to list the things they haven't ruined

Kylin

• Published in Interesting
• February 23, 2023

I think it’s basic human nature to want to blame someone else for our troubles. Especially the struggles we experience that are otherwise out of our control.

It can be easier to be angry or upset with someone else than just to accept that whatever we’re struggling with just sucks or maybe is due to a personal mistake. Accepting that you’ve messed up and are at fault for something is really not a great feeling.

For what it’s worth, admitting when you’ve made a mistake and sitting with those uncomfortable feelings does get easier with practice. But it doesn’t make placing the blame on someone else any less tempting or satisfying.

In that vein, we stumbled across an interesting AskReddit post that got a LOT of attention from Redditors across the internet. With over 44k upvotes and nearly 35k comments, user Lattethecoffeaddict got quite the response when they posed the question, “What was ruined by rich people?”

While yes, there’s no such thing as ethical consumption under capitalism, there is something especially unethical about the existence of multi-millionaires and billionaires. And arguably, there has been a good chunk of things that have been driven up in price due to the super wealthy.

To save you some time, we collected 40 of the top responses to OP’s question. Keep scrolling to see what Reddit came up with!

1. Art

There's nothing safe from gentrification

2. Workers' Rights

3. Their own children

4. Empathy

5. Crustaceans

6. Quicker and a much shorter list

7. Politics across the globe

8. The Student Loan Forgiveness plan

Thanks for nothing

9. Camping

A tent and camping bags are plenty

10. Avoiding catastrophic climate change

11. Nerd paraphernalia

12. Cheap cuts of meat

13. Potentially profitable hobbies

14. Lego

I cannot afford my children's Lego habit

15. Instagram

16. Biker rallies

17. Music festivals

18. Theme parks

19. Professional sporting events

It's cheaper and you get a better view watching from home

20. Ski mountains

21. Clothing brands

22. Thrift stores

Even secondhand shops are getting more expensive

23. Parks

24. Concerts

25. Walking

The U.S. is built to be heavily transportation-reliant

26. College

27. Living in your car

28. Tipping service workers

Or maybe pay service workers a living wage

29. The ability for a family to survive on two wages

30. Video games

31. The goth subculture

Gone are the days of black clothes, dark makeup and big hair

32. The environment

33. Trucks

34. Bourbon

Delicious but the prices have gotten out of control

35. Small hometowns

36. Cheap, simple foods

37. Beaches

38. Cars from the 80s and 90s

39. Everything

40. The Middle Class

41. The Standard of Living

What do you think, dear reader? What has been ruined by rich people that wasn’t already mentioned in the post above?

Or do you think folks have it wrong, and the small percentage of affluent people on this planet have become the scapegoat for the troubles of the world? We want to know your thoughts, so be sure to drop a comment in the comments section below!

Kylin