In the psyche of humanity from the beginning there is a passion for wealth. People are interested in making more money, building  beautiful houses, buying expensive cars and so on. So they want to provide a beautiful and secure life. At times people want to show everyone around what they have, what they have achieved and for this they take pictures of everything they possess and publish it in social networks. In the third episode of Ways of Seeing Berger talked about oil paintings and things that display not only people but also their conditions, jewelry, furniture and luxury outfits. He said those years in this way people wanted to show other people how rich they were.

Today we are in different time however people are still the same. Each time when I leaf through my instagram account I see lots of people’s pictures eating breakfast in famous places, driving luxury cars, wearing diamond jewelry and etc. I recently came across a photo of American rapper Cardi B where she posted pictures of her luxury cars and later I saw a TV show where Cardi B said that she did not know how to drive and the cars which she had posted she had bought to take a picture with them and post on social media. I am just wondering why such photographs are needed at all. I think that people expose these photographs in order to show off what they have or just because of arrogance and superciliousness. Instead of that it would be better if they posted their charity work, helping the disabled or reposting more useful information. We have to understand the simple things. Wealth is not in money; wealth is in the soul. 

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