Clyde Davidson
stux⚡️Most people don’t want to be rich, they just want enough not to worry anymore
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@[email protected] I don't like money actually, but it quiets my nerves. Joe Louis
No soy Mario@stux Except for that handful of absolute psychopaths that have managed to convince everybody that their insanity is what everybody desires. Fuck those guys.
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Ingonymous@stux
They don't want to be rich, but they just want to have this tiiiiiiny little bit more than their neighbors.😁
They don't want to be rich, but they just want to have this tiiiiiiny little bit more than their neighbors.😁
Hot Dog Water, will not complyThe rest of my life* could be spent-out for $200k and any bits I'd wangle on the side for my wares along the way, I've figured.
Covers the rest of our house, buys bread, and that's that. Vacations don't exist.
What a terrifyingly unattainable fantasy number that may's well be my first billion after a 'loan' from my parents. 🤪
*- in a parallel world without nazi-creep infestation
Jimmothy Baggins@stux Never wanted to be Rich I’ve always liked the name Jimmothy
Nicole ParsonsBillionaires deliberately foster policy platforms that promote precarity.
The Epstein Class has long held views like Andrew Mellon's that wealth relies on feelings of anxiety, deprivation, misery & barbaric dog-eat-dog social darwinism.
"Mellon believed that economic recessions..., were a necessary part of the business cycle because they purged the economy. ...
Hoover wrote that Mellon advised him to "liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate the farmers, liquidate real estate."
Fluffy Kitty Cat@stux the thing is, these days they're one and the same
Violet MadderTrouble is the people who don't ever want to worry again about what anyone else on the planet thinks or needs.
That's what the extra wealth is for. Getting away with being a total jerk forever while being pampered by servants who will never dare talk back.
Mark Wyner Won’t Comply 
@stux or, at least not worry about eating and living comfortably while worrying about other stuff. The reduction of compounded worries.
David McFarlane@stux That's more succinct than my own statement. I always say that for me money comes in exactly two amounts: not enough, and enough. When I have not enough, that's about all I can think of. But once I reach enough, I quit thinking about money altogether. I don't yearn for any more.
Kevin RussellRich as a Star Trek citizen
MR.Cleymoxx@stux And, who knows, maybe it would work with Guaranteed Basic Income...
@stux Did you just COINED that phrase - or did you take it from elsewhere? Because you just pinned to twirly tail on the pig, i''d say - you DON'T ACTUALLY WANT TO BE *THAT RICH* - to be THAT RICH is just encumbering - what you want is the middle-plane of existence - even Buddha talked about the MIDDLE GROUND...
@Twisted666 My head 😉 i tried searching but i dont think its a quote or something otherwise i would add the author
@stux I see - but it's an enlightened thing to just drop of the bat here in just a short put sentence..
I AGREE, and DOBBS APPROVE!
I mean, in the middle, is where everyone natually strive to be - those that trive for MORE-- ARE IMBECILLS who never get to reap the fruit of SLACK
Solitha@Twisted666 Stux may have gotten it from their own head, but it's not a new thought. I've seen it in various forms for years.
Even one memorable fiction story years ago in which a person got a wish and simply wished for "enough". Whenever he wanted to buy something, he'd put his hand in his pocket and find enough money to pay for it.
Trevor Noah has a take on it: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8203838-the-first-thing-i-learned-about-having-money-was-that
That One WalnutHonestly, I wouldn’t mind being rich simply because you can do shit and invest it in whatever is important to you like invest in libraries or schools or open source projects etcetera.
The problem is when you have the money but refuse to spend it to improve the general quality of life, which imo will always pay back, and if not to you, it will to other people.
But if you don’t do anything useful with it, what’s the point of being rich?
Although now that I think about it, I don’t need to be rich myself I just need a rich person to invest in those kind of things…
atopoeia-o@stux Most people who want enuf to not worry will end up poor. Most folks end up a slot below where they want to be.
Retirement needs to be shored up tho' or they'll have to open fire on boomers+xers soon (rubber bullets won't work).
Retirement needs to be shored up tho' or they'll have to open fire on boomers+xers soon (rubber bullets won't work).
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Damiano Gacík@stux True. Most people aren’t chasing millions, they’re chasing peace of mind. So they don’t have to constantly worry about bills, emergencies, or ‘what happens tomorrow’. Money is more of a tool than the end goal
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