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Yet they still fight tooth and nail to increase their own net worth. That saying just never made any sense to me, if money doesn't buy happiness, why not just give all you got to the charity? Helping others feels good, that's guaranteed.
There's one thing money can't buy. Time, everything else is for sale. Rich people can buy love, they can buy friends, they can buy happiness, they can make their dreams come true. And you can even buy time indirectly with money, you save time by flying to places on a helicopter or a private jet, you don't waste time on worrying about how will you make your ends meet, you don't waste time on tinder, stunning women will flock to you.
Is the saying just a lie invented by rich people to diminish the jealousy of the working class, or are they genuinely unsatisfied? Are they so driven by their greed, that they can't feel satisfied unless they hoard more and more wealth?
Sure, there is the hedonistic treadmill which is the tendency for people to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major positive or negative events or life changes, but surely the baseline of happiness is higher for the wealthy, beautiful and successful people.
There's one thing money can't buy. Time, everything else is for sale. Rich people can buy love, they can buy friends, they can buy happiness, they can make their dreams come true. And you can even buy time indirectly with money, you save time by flying to places on a helicopter or a private jet, you don't waste time on worrying about how will you make your ends meet, you don't waste time on tinder, stunning women will flock to you.
Is the saying just a lie invented by rich people to diminish the jealousy of the working class, or are they genuinely unsatisfied? Are they so driven by their greed, that they can't feel satisfied unless they hoard more and more wealth?
Sure, there is the hedonistic treadmill which is the tendency for people to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major positive or negative events or life changes, but surely the baseline of happiness is higher for the wealthy, beautiful and successful people.