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[–] [email protected] 99 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Eh, I think a million maybe 2 is still in the limits of life savings for a normal person to warrant comfy retirement

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I think the parent commenter uses the decimal separator and means a billion dollars.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Ah yeah you're probably right

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yep, European here, sorry for the confusion.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

Let's be generous and let people dream and make it a cap at around ten millions.

More is just bad for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I believe it was Robert Reich who spoke about the difference eif CEO in the 1970's were profit margins where in the 30-40% versus to now where the goal is 100%....

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

To a shallow person, it may as well be the same.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

And yet he remains miserable and lonely

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You can also buy yourself fewer hardships, less need, more choices. These may not directly be happiness but you’re removing obstacles to hapiness

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Ya, but that only works up to maybe a million or so.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.