Thought this article was fairly revolting. Though it's good to know excessive materialism isn't confined to the western world.
Still, this shows an interesting global trend about the widening gap (or more visible one) between the very rich and the rest of the world. Many people with such backgrounds seem to live in a bubble that prevents them from understanding the problems of the rest of the populace.
Of course, maybe I'm being too judgemental.... But a $7,000 phone? What does it do?
Katia Verber is running late. That's not unusual for an It girl in Moscow, where the Soviet-built streets are choked with traffic. Not helping matters is that the 24-year-old socialite's It car - her mother's chauffeured gold Bentley - has just broken down. "I'm so stressed!" sighs the feathery voice on the other end of the line when I call to check in. "I'll be there in 20!"
Two-and-a-half hours later, Katia flies into the Starbucks on the storied Old Arbat Street. I can't help but ask: If you shell out $250,000 for a car, it should work, right? "Oh, no. No, no, no," she says in crisp English, with the patience of a kindergarten teacher. "Bentleys break down all the time."
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Still, this shows an interesting global trend about the widening gap (or more visible one) between the very rich and the rest of the world. Many people with such backgrounds seem to live in a bubble that prevents them from understanding the problems of the rest of the populace.
Of course, maybe I'm being too judgemental.... But a $7,000 phone? What does it do?
