Idols becoming 'luxury ambassadors' has influenced an unhealthy obsession with consumerism among teens

Article: "Even middle schoolers have Dior wallets at minimum" Luxury idol ambassadors are nothing more than the breaker of parents' backs

Source: Segye Ilbo via Nate

[+307, -6] Study harder in the time that you're obsessing over luxury brands. And stop bleeding your parents dry~ or you'll end up carrying nothing more than a black plastic bag later in life.

[+264, -15] What do you get out of copying celebrity clowns?

[+232, -7] Just call them CF models, this whole "ambassador" thing is so cringe, tsk tsk

[+29, -0] These idols are ruining everything. Stop hiring them as luxury models!

[+28, -0] I'm so sick of this country's obsession of treating our celebrities like royals.

[+22, -0] It's getting so much harder to raise kids in our society. The second you give birth, your money is no longer your own. It's not even your child's money. It's a complete stranger's money.

[+18, -0] All this ambassador crap is just another marketing ploy. Too many brainless idiots are falling for it. Do you really think having to work for months just to afford a bag will raise your class level or something?

[+10, -1] Dior?!?!?!?! Even I can't afford Dior.. ㅋㅋ I feel bad for parents these days

[+7, -2] It's up to the parents to set their children right... but if you're bending to their demands and getting them luxury goods at the expense of your own back, then you're leading your kid down a path of the same desperation!

[+7, -0] Honestly, if you're into luxury brands, you need to be able to afford it yourself. Leave your parents alone.

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