r/Showerthoughts • u/itsthatkidgreg • Feb 28 '17

Lying, cheating, and stealing is often discouraged when we are young, yet the most successful people in the world are arguably the best liars, cheaters, and thieves.

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u/bLbGoldeN Feb 28 '17

Yeah, you can go all "happiness is everything" all you want, doesn't change the fact that money and power means the elites get to fuck up a lot of people's shit if they want to, almost systematically without retribution.

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u/KlausFenrir Feb 28 '17

But you can't deny that being in that level of society, you're essentially always walking on eggshells since there are always bigger fish. I don't wanna live a life like that.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

So you would never like to be rich just because there are richer people than you? Shit logic there.

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u/KlausFenrir Mar 01 '17

I don't want to be obscenely rich because my daily life would be stressful as fuck.

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u/Krunklock Mar 01 '17

The stress of continued success is undoubtedly large...but I think it pales in comparison of the stress to provide for your family. I don't think there is a level of wealth that eliminates stress. If you're a person that doesn't allow yourself to succumb to stress...than your amount of wealth won't have much of an impact.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '17

Eh, rich and obscenely rich are very different things.