That attitude goes right across all social groups women, men, kids, rich, poor etc.
Our society is definitely becoming more like this but thankfully not with most people but it is definitely on the increase.
Taxi drivers are an excellent source of social status of their town, country, whatever...
$234,000,000.00 pfft, I invested an out of date pot noodle and the return is a Reliant Robin and a share in the Nigerian discarded toe nail market worth, apparently, 2000,000,000,000.00 Rubles.