16. They Seek Validation On Social Media
Middle-class people use social media every single day. They are the ones frequently updating their Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts. It’s a way to interact with their friends, but it’s also a way for them to measure their own value. Between followers and likes, it’s hard not to compare those numbers to your friends and family. But those comparisons that people make on social media, comparing their “likes” to those of other people and trying to get the greatest picture on Instagram, is no way to create real happiness and have been proven to be the thief of real and lasting joy. True joy comes from relationships, and people need to look to healthy relationships for validation rather than social media.
Rich people do not need social media to feel validated. They realize that the number of “likes” you have doesn’t matter at the end of the day unless you’re using those accounts for marketing purposes. The upper class has worked on their own lives so much that they have confidence from within. However, they do leverage social media to further their brand because they realize how much marketing today depends on networking with people through platforms like Facebook. Often they hire somebody to do this for them, and their lives are not consumed at all by social media.