Comment by coldtea
2 months ago
You ain't wrong, but I think it rather goes like this:
The core problems (health, relationships, love troubles, depression, and so on) can be the same in both poor and rich.
But the poor additional have all kinds of very heavy problems that the rich have solved. Hate your boss/job? They have "fuck you money", they don't need to work. Your kid needs surgery? They can afford many times over what would kill you financially. Trouble making rent? Not a problem for them. And so on. Stuck in a warn torn country? Not a problem for them. Wife wants a divorce and half the fortune? No problemo, you're still rich after giving that away.
Don't the rich also have some unique-to-the-rich problems? Yes, but of the nice-to-have (e.g. "people approach me just because I have money") or "I'm too adjusted to this level of the hedonic treadmill, woe be me" variety.
I would rather be rich than poor, even if i have more “problems”. It is a slam dunk case. Everything is easier, including finding love.
Even something like rich with an incurable disease (or maybe your spouse/child has one) that’s going to take you out in a few months than poor? Having lived a bit in both worlds I’m not really sure it’s so simple as you’re making it out to be. I’d agree that generally of course it’s better to be rich than poor, I’m just saying every individual person can’t be judged solely on that basis.
>Even something like rich with an incurable disease
The contest is between being rich and poor with "all other things being equal". Anything else doesn't make sense, might as well ask: do you prefer being rich facing the firing squad, or poor having drinks with friends?
So, compared to being poor with an incurable disease? Yes, 100 times over.
>Having lived a bit in both worlds I’m not really sure it’s so simple as you’re making it out to be.
Rather it's so simple a choice that you had to add the "incurable disease" to the rich side to tip the balance.
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Agree, it is personal. I grew up in poverty and i viscerally know its negative reinforcement cycle.