cm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 days agoI wonder if the "money can't buy you happiness" people ever lived in a car.lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up11.44Karrow-down113
arrow-up11.42Karrow-down1external-linkI wonder if the "money can't buy you happiness" people ever lived in a car.lemmy.mlcm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-squareJimius@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoSure, but poverty is a lack of money. The inability to sustain oneself healthily. Once you have “sufficient” money, having even more won’t make you happier.
minus-squareoatscoop@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoThat was the original meaning, but it’s also been co-opted by assholes as an “argument” against providing for people’s basic needs.
Sure, but poverty is a lack of money. The inability to sustain oneself healthily. Once you have “sufficient” money, having even more won’t make you happier.
That was the original meaning, but it’s also been co-opted by assholes as an “argument” against providing for people’s basic needs.