The ultra-rich prisoners

The (ultra-)rich people are becoming more and more afraid of being attacked or blackmailed or kidnapped that they separate themselves more than ever from people and society. Fear for paparazzi further increases the desire for privacy. Also the divide between rich and poor, which is bigger than ever and which can be especially noticed in developing countries without social measures in place, pushes them in the same direction.
So they lock themselves up nowadays in "gated communities". Locked up behing passcodes. Just like prisoners. Only with the difference that they live in a golden cage. In older times, there were castles and soldiers to defend kings and noblemen, so this is nothing new.
There in their golden cage, they are negating life as it is and probably forgetting to live life to the fullest. They are rich but had to compromise on freedom. Just like prisoners. Only with the difference that they live in luxury.
In their golden cage, their information on the world gets filtered by secretaries and assistants, who pass on their views to them. They don't know what happen, they lose touch with reality outside the gates. Just like prisoners. Only with the difference that they chose to be in that place and situation.
The ultra-rich and the prisoners: les extremes se touchent?
(photo: livingindiversity.org)