Bland influencers have one hand in a matcha and the other in the downfall of society!
They are selling us this modern "American Dream", where someone can do almost nothing as a job and gain access to the VIP life. A life of free tickets, free fast-fashion garbage, and millions of para-social teenage fans. The problem with this is that most of them are begging for these free things, of which they can easily afford, and then selling them to lowly and undereducated consumers. These products are usually garbage that propel society further into becoming a giant landfill.
It is also rich to me that their job is LITERALLY to beg for stuff and to accept free handouts, yet society condemns this when poor/ non-conventional/ troubled people do it.
Americans generate 132 million metric tons of waste per year, beyond gross! Every influencer should DEMAND a factory tour and scrutinize the brands they are pushing. This level of waste is partially on their shoulders. I hope their Stagecoach tickets were worth it...
It is sad to think that humanity used to look up to philosophers, inventors, and artists. Now young people idolize those who make latte's in their $5,000/month apartment in NYC. Take a moment and imagine a world where people valued artists and art above the newest polyester workout set.
I don't think influencers realize how selling out for Coachella tickets makes them look. It is gross and embarrassing. Influencers have proved time and time again that you can't trust their flapping, over-inflated lips! Even the most trustworthy and influential people pushing environmentalism for example, (Leonardo Dicaprio) will attend a Hunger Games capital wedding (Jeff Bezos and that sack of filler he married). When in the market for a new product, I implore you to scroll peer-reviewed research instead of the for you page.
These people have SO much power, they could change the world! Not many people can say something vapid and a hoard of teenagers will suddenly agree. Most are generation-z, who know all too well about the very pressing climate crisis. But they choose to go on cruises and private jets with their friends, and push unethical or simply useless products. The one positive influence I have been seeing are the Amtrak travel videos (this is something that has a stigma that they are making seem cool). They could do this with so many things, like volunteering. A volunteering vlog would do numbers! Or instead of pushing skincare products they could push non-profit charities that clean the air and actually improve people's skin.
Time to remind influencers that they are the products they push: vain, useless, and waste to add to the pile at the end of day.
Sources Winters, J. (2023, August 4). Influencers popularized the trash jar. Now they’ve moved on. Grist. https://grist.org/culture/influencer-zero-waste-trash-jar-trend-what-happened/
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