Cinderella Story?

This post was hiding in my "Drafts" , and I thought I'd share it...



While I'm a little behind on my photos, I had a passing thought that needs to be explored.  Not to worry about the photos though, I'm hoping to get out today, or most certainly this week.  So, back to the thought..

I was scanning through the Yahoo news feed and came across an article that shows some islands that are for sale.  These are estates that are in the millions of dollars, and span the globe from the coast of Maine to Italy and the Bahamas.  These are the luxurious of the luxury set.  One island has it's own airfield, another a 14,000 square foot mansion.  So my question is this:  Why would anyone other than a billionaire care at all that there is an opulent island for same with the low price of $8 M to over $200 M Dollars?

My only thought is that we all like a good fairytale.  You know the stories told to every generation of children, that there is a rich young prince living in a castle and the dream of every little girl is to become the princes and live like a queen.  The implied reality of the young boy is that the dream is to grow to become that young prince with a charm, good looks, bravery and unbounded wealth.  And the big finish to the story.. ALL in the kingdom loved them both.  Our fairytale continues as we age, so that even now it's still intriguing to see what the "castle" on our own islands might look like.

There is, however, a divide that seems to be forming.  There wealth curve is steepening with fewer people having greater wealth.  Many suggest there needs to be change to flatten the curve.  And if that's true,  I ask why do we keep showing Cinderella to our little girls?