Several young Indonesians have over the past two years been frequently referred to as the “crazy rich” on social media, television news, newspapers and other mass media outlets because of their ostentatious lifestyles.
Even though the phrase crazy rich seems to be a reference to Kevin Kwan’s international bestseller novel Crazy Rich Asians, which was published in 2013 and filmed in 2018, these people do not share any of the good characteristics of the rich Singaporean families and their offspring as described in the book.
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