Venting Everyone wants to be rich, no one wants to be poor

[Darkover]

At its core, the desire to be rich and the aversion to poverty are about survival, comfort, and freedom. Wealth provides security, better healthcare, better food, and access to opportunities that make life easier. Poverty, on the other hand, often means constant struggle, lack of choices, and suffering.


Why Everyone Wants to Be Rich

Security & Stability – Money eliminates financial stress and allows people to afford healthcare, housing, and necessities.
Freedom – The richer you are, the more control you have over your time and choices.
Power & Influence – Wealth often brings social status, connections, and the ability to shape the world around you.
Hedonism & Enjoyment – Luxury, travel, fine dining, and entertainment become easily accessible.

Why No One Wants to Be Poor

Constant Struggle – Living paycheck to paycheck (or worse, having nothing) makes life exhausting.
Lack of Opportunities – Poverty limits access to quality education, healthcare, and upward mobility.
Social Stigma – Society often looks down on the poor, treating them as failures or burdens.
Inescapable Hardships – Being poor means dealing with stress, bad living conditions, and sometimes even crime and violence.


Despite everyone wanting wealth and security, the way the world works ensures that not everyone can have it. Money is unevenly distributed, and the system favors those who already have wealth. Even if you work hard, luck and circumstances often play a bigger role than effort alone.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

I don't want to be. I don't think I've ever wanted to be rich, tbh. Thus your statement has been rendered incorrect. Now bow before me! The all-powerful being who has just defeated your puny generalizations of humanity!











Also, why did you have AI write all of this?

 

[Praestat_Mori]

Having failed big in life and not becoming rich is the major reason why I'm suicidal and why I ended up here. Although objectively my life isn't that bad it could be so much better. I rot at home everyday in the past years - in the best years of my life - life is living without me bc I can't do the things I want bc of the lack of money.

Money is the fuel in this world for almost everything - yet, there are things that even money can't buy.

 

[Pluto]

 

[SVEN]

I guess it depends on the personal definition of rich in your own circumstances. For a homeless guy on the streets, somewhere warm, dry and safe to live, enough food to not be constantly hungry and clothes to wear may seem riches beyond imagination.
For the UK Prime Minister It's another free pair of £1,000 glasses, free suit and trip on a private RAF jet at public expense.
And so, for many, "Rich" means "enough"; whilst for the elite few who rule us "Rich" is just a four letter word spelt, "more".
(written without assistance by my own failing & defective non artificial intelligence).

 

[CatLvr]

Nope. Not me. I have always said there are worse things in this world than being poor and unknown. I have never been homeless but lived the majority of my adult life one paycheck away from living in my 2-door '77 Volare with 3 kids. So, I understand the fear people who are living paycheck to paycheck feel. You still couldn't pay me to be rich! (Yeah, I know ... A few extra dollars here and there maybe, but if you are rich you are not unknown. No thank you. I don't need that kind of attention.

Eta: I worked in an industry that dealt with "famous" and very well-to-do folks. I have seen what money does -- to you and those around you and those who have never met you. Again, no thank you.