The
life of artists in Indonesia often attracts people's attention, one of which is
their luxurious lifestyle. Moreover, nowadays the use of social media is
increasing from all ages. Various social
media content that shows the rich side of the content creators is a common
thing that we can see everyday life, such as on Instagram, Youtube, and even
the currently popular application, TikTok. Starting from giving large sums of
money to certain people, making challenges with prize money, or even the latest
trend among public figures is to show off the contents of their account
balances. In fact, showing off wealth is something that could be considered
unethical in our culture, but now everything seems to have changed. Flaunting
wealth is no longer viewed as something taboo and negative. Therefore, there
are several reasons that must be considered twice by public figures if they
want to show off their wealth, especially during the conditions of the Covid-19
pandemic.
The
first reason is that it will lead to criminal action from irresponsible
people. Artists and public figures who
openly defame their wealth on social media have indirectly provoked people to
commit crimes. As we know, not all people on social media are good people in
adequate conditions so that those who see the actions taken by these public
figures are motivated to work hard so that they can imitate the success of the
public figures who are their role models.
However,
what if it was the opposite? If it turns
out that the tendency of people to see this success and luxury causes the
people around them to want the property that is owned by other people by means
of violence, crimes such as theft, robbery, and a series of quite terrible
crimes. As reported by Kompas.com, the
Banten Regional Police noted that crime cases that occurred throughout 2020
increased compared to the previous year.
Fiandar said that as many as 3,323 cases of conventional crimes such as
motorbike theft, fraud, robbery, and others. According to Fiandar, the increase
in crime cases is the impact of the corona virus pandemic. The perpetrators are compelled to commit
crimes due to economic pressure. Therefore, this will have fatal consequences,
not only will it endanger the public figures and the artist itself but also
endanger other people.
Another
reason is that there are still many poor people who really need help at this
time. During the current pandemic, many
people are affected by the economy. Many
people have lost their jobs, their businesses have gone bankrupt, and they have
difficulty finding jobs. As reported by
Kompas.com, the number of poor Indonesians in the period of September 2020
reached 27.55 million people. The latest
data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) shows, now the poverty rate in
Indonesia has again reached 10.19 percent in September 2020. The number of poor
people in Indonesia has increased by 2.76 million people when compared to the
same period last year. The increase in
the number of poor people occurred due to the pandemic which caused many economic
activities to not run as usual, so that people's income was reduced.
Therefore,
it would be unethical for an artist or a public figure to compete to show off
their wealth just to have fun and get praise, however, there are a lot of
people out there who need help. If it
feels like they can't help a lot of people, it would be better for these
artists not to flaunt their wealth openly to public and simply keep it for
privacy. At least this will reduce the
existing social inequality.
And
the last reason is that an artist and a public figure is a role model for his/her
followers who must set a good example to people. As someone who is a role model, it would be
better for the artists and public figures to set a good example by showing a
good attitude too. As we know, flaunting
wealth and being arrogant is bad behavior.
If indeed the artists and public figures show this wealth to motivate
people not to give up and work hard, it doesn't matter as long as don't do it
too often while demeaning people and being arrogant.
As
previously explained, currently social media is not only used by adults but
also by children who use it. Artists and
public figures should show examples of good attitudes so that today's younger
generations can imitate them. Because at
this time, the existence of public figures, artists and influencers greatly
affects the lifestyle and mindset of young people. Therefore, they should give examples of good
attitudes and motivate people with the work they create.
Apart from that, as a humans being we have no right to prohibit others from exercising their rights. Showing off wealth is the right of the artist and the public figures themselves. There's nothing wrong with motivating people by doing this, it's just that they need to put limits on what they're doing. Don't flaunt wealth by creating content that is a waste of money just because you want to go viral and get praise from people that you are 'rich'. Of course that is very unkind and unethical especially during this pandemic. In addition, we as netizens must also be smart in choosing content spread on social media and we should more supervise children in using social media.
Kompas.com.
Penduduk Miskin Indonesia Naik Jadi 27,55 Juta akibat Covid-19, Tren Penurunan
Kemiskinan Terhenti. Retrieved on April 15, 2021 from https://money.kompas.com/read/2021/02/16/073400926/penduduk-miskin-indonesia-naik-jadi-27-55-juta-akibat-covid-19-tren-penurunan
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