• Freefall@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    Imagine having so much money you can buy love and happiness, but are so stupid you fail at both.

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      26 days ago

      You probably have to be one nasty motherfucker to continue after you have 1.000 Million dollars.

      More is just even more mentaly ill people IMO

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        26 days ago

        You have to love getting money more than any other thing.

        Or, at least you have to love the things you need to do to get money. What given the things those people do, is even worse.

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      26 days ago

      The thing is you can really only buy sycophants and pleasure, and the thing is that those aren’t love and happiness. Love and happiness are more easily found by finding equals

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      25 days ago

      Money only buys happiness to up about like a 100k a year or so. I don’t know it might be even more now, but definitely not over 200k.

      It used to be roughly 70k USD and 50k EUR some 10 years ago when I read the study. That’s the point at which you’re financially secure enough to have your basics needs met and have enough over to climb towards self-actualization.