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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 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 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 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.