“Money doesn’t buy happiness” ok and poverty buys what exactly
where is the lie
Out of poverty creates strength and compassion. It’s weird how that works.
i sure wasn’t feeling the strength when i was skipping class because i was too weak to walk there after going 2-3 days without food, and i definitely wasn’t compassionate when i was checking every time i walked home to see if there was an eviction notice on the door. stop trying to fucking make it seem like a good thing.
Poverty is not a virtue. It doesn’t make you a better person. Poverty doesn’t make you “strong and compassionate” it makes you insecure and stressed the fuck out. Poverty makes it so you can’t live your life without the everything being undercut by fear. It makes you hard and angry. We need to do away with the bullshit myth that being poor is somehow better for you as a person. You know who wants you to believe that? Rich people, so you don’t question them.
Wait wait wait. I’ve seen this before, but the context I see the phrase “money doesn’t buy you happiness” in most often is people who are rich/famous – often suddenly, such as lottery winners or people who find fame overnight – but don’t feel happy and fulfilled. It seems to me that decrying the phrase “money doesn’t buy you happiness” is saying to those people, “suck it up rich boy, you have no right to be unhappy because poor people have it so much worse”, which is a fucking terrible thing to say! Depression, anxiety and other mental health problems aren’t exclusive to people who don’t have a lot of money. Just because you have money, doesn’t mean you have nothing to worry about. Frankly I’m disturbed that somehow this phrase has got twisted around by people who I’d really expect to know better.
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