Definition of Yuppie
: a young college-educated adult who is employed in a well-paying profession and who lives and works in or near a large city.
Flims such as the American Psycho (2000) and more recently Wolf of Wall Street (2013) depicted the idea of Yuppies, money oriented, drug addicted and self-image obsessed. They were very much obsessed with image how they looked and quick, substantial profit. Looking into a person like Jordan Belfort although he mainly dominated in the early 90's he did start out aiming to be a Yuppie, and actually turned into being the Yuppie. He ticked the boxes. Unlike Trump who is viewed a the Yuppie that began it all, he had a lot of privileges to help him out.
Whereas Jordan Belfort, saw Wall Street as a way to make it in America, it was the 80's version of American Dream. It was about going to the right clubs, taking the right drugs to ensure you didn't need to sleep or miss out on anything. What set them apart from the Trumps is really how they had nothing so to make in the world and to have the lifestyle they wanted they had to take a massive risk and step on whoever needed to be stepped. It was really this era where morals and values just didn't exist anymore, that viewed eventually the risk/bet would have to pay off. Then they would have the life they wanted.
Modern Day. - Yawns
It's funny how history almost mirrors itself. This decade has coined the up and coming as are the "Yawns" - young and wealthy but normal. Saying how there's been a massive shift from the Yuppies who would ride around on yacht to this new attitude of entitlement to a defensive crouch of financial and existential insecurity. This how come about because of the yuppies, they have made the yawns. Due to this parenting style of you can have it, you should have it all, and you will have it. It has left the yawns in the state of imbalance as none of it is true, they were set up the fail.
Sources; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10560364/The-Wolf-of-Wall-Street-meet-the-real-bad-guy.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/fashion/tell-tale-signs-of-the-modern-day-yuppie.html?_r=0
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