Socialites reflect the ‘elite’ lifestyle pretty well. As a matter of fact, they do it so well that they literally get paid to be rich and famous. They contribute to society by ensuring proper execution and success of public events, social gatherings, or entertainment facilities. Successful events are made successful by their ability to attract doable crowds and are a popular place for the people with similar areas of interest. To put it another way, there events are a delicious meal for this doable class to regularly feed on. Moreover what else they seem to feed on is society itself.
At times, the underprivileged cannot afford to feed themselves, let alone buy books and send their children to school or pay for health care. Meanwhile, the rich can be seen having destination weddings, wearing designer clothes that don’t even look good on them, and be seen on the most expensive outlets of international brands deciding what to buy and what to leave. They are lost in their superficial world of air kisses and designer bags. What has indeed been left is a thought, a feel, a sense of the difference that has been prevailing in our society.
The lack of proper laws and their implementation only results in the continuous exploitation of the poor at the hands of the rich. The underprivileged strata of society has to go without bare necessities such as health, education and most importantly, their self-respect, while the rich have exorbitant amounts of money, so much so that their shoes are worth a few months of groceries for a small household.
Bright eyes, boney feet taking a leap towards every moving mannequin presents a scenario that empathizers would never wish to see. On the other hand, the rising trends of publicized philanthropy and a significant increase in overall poverty paints the abstract art of the self-proclaimed golden hearts and the wise thought processes of the socialites in our society.
Socialites comprise a small fraction of society which has a regular source of income and so the urge to earn in order to meet their ends as the common middle class and the poor is more or less absent. This freedom from the compulsion to earn saves a huge amount of their time and energy which if properly utilized can bring about wonders in society. Well, too bad, because they’re all busy throwing bashes and get-togethers and kitty parties, trying to outdo each other with the latest lawn print that was probably ripped off of Pinterest. Most of them are egotistical and parasitic, not only feeding off of all the attention that they’re getting, but also sucking the lifeblood out of the underprivileged and even society itself.
Guest Contributor
Dr. Abdul Moeed Khan Niazi
