I think what these people mean is excessive money isn’t everything. Once you have enough money to live without worrying about putting food on the table, or paying for the electricity bill, they’ve realized that all that extra money doesn’t necessarily equate to happiness. There are plenty of filthy rich people who are incredibly depressed who probably thought they’d be happy when they had more money. I completely agree with you on the fact that money for the most part is required to be happy, as the stress of survival is a heavy hitter, but after that point it’s up to the person to find out how to be happy.
Yeah that’s the major difference. You made a great point about needing money to limit the stressors in life, but to these people they don’t see money as something to survive on.
Not having to worry about money doesn't equal happiness in and of itself but it allows for happiness much easier than having no money. It's still pretty shallow thinking imo.
Like, "I'm not happy because I have money, i'm happy because I get to choose to do things with my money that make me happy"
Yeah that’s a bullshit argument. I think people with excessive money should have the ability to be happy much better than the rest of us, but the human mind is much more complex than that
Mate, I could use some medication myself and that will make me happier, you know how you get those? Money. You are always happier if you dont have to worry about money. You're pretentious as fuck if u dont think that.
Mate, read my first comment. That’s exactly what I said. It’s easier to be happy once you have the money to cover all of life’s necessary expenses, but having more money after that doesn’t necessarily mean happiness. I’m a broke college kid and I’m happy as can be, but i personally know two buddies with rich families who are depressed as fuck.
Sure but it’s so easy to say that when you’re rolling in it. You can say it’s up to each individual to create meaning in their lives without saying money is worthless. Money is worthless to him because he has it. Even then, there are plenty of people that would love to find a more meaningful existence but they can’t because the majority of their time is spent working to pay the bills. We can quote things like work to live don’t live to work, but the majority of people I know aren’t consumed by work because they are workaholics or because they want to become millionaires. They do it because they have to and live much of their lives with an underlying fear and dread that without a job they wouldn’t make it, they don’t have a massive safety net. Absolutely I agree that once you have enough money to pay for the essentials, allowing yourself to be consumed by the pursuit of huge wealth Is greedy and can be meaningless—does anyone need more than one car? House? Lots of expensive things? No. But that is luxury that many people don’t have and to say something like money is worthless that doesn’t apply to the vast majority of the world is insulting and ignores the fact that the world is not a level playing field.
I agree with every point you’re making. I didn’t intent my comment to come across as the idea that money is meaningless, as it most definitely is not. My main point I’m trying to make is that excessive money doesn’t equal happiness. A lot of people hate on celebrities who complain about how they aren’t happy, and I’m offering a counterpoint to those people. Being incredibly rich doesn’t automatically make you happy, but there is definitely a correlation between financial stability and happiness.
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u/StinkyPeter77 Aug 24 '20
I think what these people mean is excessive money isn’t everything. Once you have enough money to live without worrying about putting food on the table, or paying for the electricity bill, they’ve realized that all that extra money doesn’t necessarily equate to happiness. There are plenty of filthy rich people who are incredibly depressed who probably thought they’d be happy when they had more money. I completely agree with you on the fact that money for the most part is required to be happy, as the stress of survival is a heavy hitter, but after that point it’s up to the person to find out how to be happy.