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When is it "enough" money? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I live in India and I am pretty poor, I hope to be middle-class/upper-middle class someday, but I have noticed something sinister from some people who are extremely privileged, they can be still be bought with money.

Lack of money makes you desperate, and paranoid, and comparison drives you crazy, hard to be morally perfect as a poor man, but I see actors who have made insane amounts of money on the backs of their Indian fans like Shahrukh Khan, Canada Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Hrithik Roshan and many more who are well-respected in the industry and who still can sell their own fans financial ruin (gambling) or death (Tobacco) in ads. I thought the point of being rich was that you could be more moral, what is the use of getting rich if you use your influence and fame to do more harm than good?

Also, all the actors mentioned above have made numerous movies about patriotism, many in their private conversations like to brag how much they "love their country... blah... blah... blah", but yet they feel ok selling Tobacco to their fans who made them what they are.

I have a cousin who worships Shahrukh Khan and who took up Pan(Tobacco) because he was naive and because he probably thought it was "cool" since his favorite actor (on whom he has modeled all aspects of his life was selling tobacco), thankfully we were able to get him off that a few years ago, but he spent money like water and he gained worse health for it. He got off easy, many suffered financial ruin or even death. So, when is it fucking enough!? When will these people have enough money?

edit: It's just not India, it happens everywhere (just watch CoffeeZilla to see more prime examples of this) Also, I am not saying I am perfect, if someone gave me an insane amount of money to sell Pan, I will, judge me if you will. But, I like to think if I had "enough" money, I would be immune to the attractions of blood money, I like to think I can try to be as moral as I can be then, but these people almost make me think that there is never "enough" money.

edit 2: Kurt Vonnegut's Quote on Money is quite interesting

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Its human nature to always want more regardless of how much you have. U could have enough money that you wpuld be incapable of spending it all and yet still want more. There is no such thing as enough there never will be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I know someone who earns 10s of thousands of euros a month. His girlfriend, who has lived with him for many years, had to sell her bicycle to be able to afford something she really needed. He hasn't ever given me the impression that he's happy. Some people just are that way and our society enables their behavior.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Bollywood actors are hypocritical and never use their platform for good. Stopped watching them in theatres long time ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Money is power. Power corrupts.

Frankly, I think 5 million USD should be enough for anyone pretty much anywhere in the world to live the rest of their lives comfortably. Taking 1 million out to spend immediately and leaving the rest in a savings account, even at 2% interest per year, you're getting 6666 per month, or 80k per year.

For me, personally, living in Brazil, 600k dollars would probably keep me afloat for the rest of my life with my current expenses and comfort. That's roughly twice my current salary for the next 25 years.

So, when is it fucking enough!? When will these people have enough money?

For many, it's never enough, because they see it as a competition, one about showing off "wealth" in the most cringe way possible (just look at all the assholes that love to show off their expensive car collection) and also where they interpret rules like in the Munchkin card game: it's ok to cheat, so long as you don't get caught.

[–] Wanangwa_Bamidele -2 points 5 months ago

Stop watching youtube, especially CoffeeZilla. Stop reading so much reddit, although you make the right choice to move over lemmy, do not over use Lemmy.

Spend more effort on training, studying and working for better job, better future.

What matter now for you, is not how fuck up the higher up. It is how you are comparing to those at your level. You can make more money than your peer if you better than them.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Personally I think "enough money" it's more a mindset than about physical money, you can have a lot of money and still didn't have "enough money" or you can not have any money and at the same time have "enough money".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

You know better Big Brother, you have watched a lot of folks. All Hail Big Brother :')

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