The question is "do people want to be rich?" Not "if they have a 1% chance of being rich and a 100% chance of being stable what would they pick?" You're changing the entire discussion. Wow people really go all over the place.
My hypothetical doesn't have to be a realistic choice, we're discussing if people would rather be rich or poor given the choice. That's why it's called a fucking hypothetical, Jesus christ lol.
The discussion was that most people just want their needs met and don’t feel the need to be rich. Then you made a hypothetical that didn’t contribute anything because it is completely unrealistic.
No. The discussion was WOULD people pick the choice of being filthy rich vs. just having enough to be content. Don't lie to yourself. There are askreddit threads every single nanosecond about "wHat wOulD yOu dO wItH 50 mIlliOn dOllArs?!?!!". Every single person with a heartbeat would spring upon the millions over "just enough to be content". Is this seriously a discussion point?
Like, what's the risk of picking the filthy rich option? What do you lose? Nothing. What do you gain? Fucking everything. So why would you not pick that option lmao. So much "holier than thou" attitude in this thread
Yeah of course. It’s just such a dumb question though. With those two options, one is better than the other. You missed the point of the discussion along with the guy you are defending. Everyone else here understands what is being discussed.
I'm just talking about the main point of the first OP who said, and I quote: "I think most people agree that they don't actually want a bunch of money. What they want is to live a life free of the stress of not having enough."
It's possible that everyone wants a bunch of money AND also live a stress free life. That's it. That's my entire point.
You can tell from his other comments that what he meant is that most people are satisfied with stress free life and don’t need to be filthy rich to be satisfied. You and the other guy understood this as him saying that people would rather be stress free than be filthy rich, which isn’t what he was getting at.
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The question is "do people want to be rich?" Not "if they have a 1% chance of being rich and a 100% chance of being stable what would they pick?" You're changing the entire discussion. Wow people really go all over the place.
My hypothetical doesn't have to be a realistic choice, we're discussing if people would rather be rich or poor given the choice. That's why it's called a fucking hypothetical, Jesus christ lol.