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‘Money Isn't Everything,' Says Person Who Has It (reductress.com)

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In a completely unsurprising story out of Manhattan, NY, the words “money isn’t everything” were just spoken at brunch by someone who, conveniently, has lots of it.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I mean, if I wanted to be charitable about this, a person who has a lot of money is exactly the kind of person to know that money isn't everything, because they would presumably have the experience of still having problems or wants or still being unhappy sometimes even in spite of their money. That isn't to say that money doesn't mean a lot of things even if not everything though, or that someone telling someone without enough money to not require a job to live and spend frivolously to not worry about money isn't out of touch for not understanding that some of the things that money can buy are essentials required to live one's life in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Through my job I’ve knows two billionaires; one inherited it all through a business his father built, the other acquired it all through a business he built.

Neither seemed any happier than you or me; they travelled in more luxury, for sure, and their clothes cost a bit more; they of course also had multiple houses, which they couldn’t really use at the same time and one of them had an enormous yacht and private jets (plural). It all looked very fancy but I don’t know that their happiness increased commensurately.

I think once you have a roof over your head, food on the table and don’t have to worry about what the next year or two looks like, you’re 97% there. The last 3% is influenced by money, but not determined by it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I agree, I see the concept that the headline means to convey, but the author missed the mark. The better version would be: 'Money Isn't Important,' Says Person Who Has It.